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Abstract
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has developed very rapidly in these two decades, and has replaced conventional open thoracotomy as a standard procedure for some simple thoracic operations as well as an option or a complementary procedure for some other more complex operations. In this paper we will review its development history, the present status and the future perspectives.Mesh:
Year: 2006 PMID: 16421967 PMCID: PMC1363755 DOI: 10.1631/jzus.2006.B0118
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Zhejiang Univ Sci B ISSN: 1673-1581 Impact factor: 3.066