| Literature DB >> 24040558 |
Gan-Jun Kang1, Wen-Yang Jiang, Song-Ping Xie, Jie Huang.
Abstract
Standard thoracotomy has been considered as the classic approach and only choice for the diagnosis and treatment of certain thoracic diseases especially in patients with peripheral lung cancer. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a new minimally invasive thoracic surgery through small incisions in the intercostal muscle of chest wall by using modern camera technology, high-tech equipment and surgical instrument. Consequently, VATS has become the preferred main method for peripheral lung cancer in the last two decades. The aim of the present paper is to describe and discuss the operative techniques of VATS for right upper lobectomy (RUL).Entities:
Keywords: Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS); lobectomy; minimally invasive thoracic surgery
Year: 2013 PMID: 24040558 PMCID: PMC3771598 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.08.57
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Thorac Dis ISSN: 2072-1439 Impact factor: 2.895