| Literature DB >> 29078612 |
Elisa Meacci1, Dania Nachira1, Maria Teresa Congedo1, Stefano Margaritora1.
Abstract
Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has recently gained popularity as procedure for major lung resections, and actually seems to be the future of thoracic surgery. Uniportal VATS has shown to be feasible and safe as thoracotomy when a correct and appropriate learning curve is done. However, switching from open or triportal VATS to uniportal VATS approach requires a proper training and a consequent learning curve even among experienced thoracoscopic surgeons.Keywords: Uniportal VATS; proctorship; single port; video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)
Year: 2017 PMID: 29078612 PMCID: PMC5637748 DOI: 10.21037/jovs.2017.02.11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Vis Surg ISSN: 2221-2965