Open AccessSingle-port video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)—advanced procedures & update
Author(s) -
William Guido-Guerrero,
Albert Bolaños-Cubillo,
Diego González-Rivas
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.05.43
Subject(s) - medicine , cosmesis , cardiothoracic surgery , surgery , port (circuit theory) , resection , general surgery , postoperative pain , vats lobectomy , pneumonectomy , lung cancer , electrical engineering , engineering
The uniportal approach for major pulmonary resections began in 2010, with the first case being reported by D González-Rivas and colleagues in La Coruña, Spain. Since then, in different countries, thoracic surgeons had been performing hundreds of cases, with more advanced and complex procedures. Nowadays, there are reports of uniportal tracheal resection and reconstruction, carinal resection, bronchoplastic procedures, lobectomies with en bloc chest wall excision, and vascular reconstruction with optimal outcomes. The development of technologies and the potential benefits of a direct view, anatomic instrumentation, better cosmesis, and, potentially, less postoperative pain have led uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery to grow exponentially worldwide.