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Minimally invasive thoracic surgery: robot-assisted versus video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Videosurgery and Other Miniinvasive Techniques, 2023 Minimally invasive techniques have been widely applied in general thoracic surgery. Compared with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), due to its theoretic superiority, robotic surgery is challenging the traditional position of VATS.
Liping Zeng, Tianyu He, Jian Hu
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Real-Time Pleural Elastography: Potential Usefulness in Nonintubated Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
Journal of Chest Surgery, 2021 Pleural adhesions are a major challenge in standard and nonintubated video-assisted thoracic surgery. The currently available imaging techniques help to assess the presence and extent of pleural adhesions, but do not provide information on tissue ...
Federico Tacconi +3 more
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Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Pulmonary Hamartoma: Case Report
Acta Clinica Croatica, 2017 Pulmonary hamartoma is the most common benign tumor of the lung. It accounts for 77% of all benign lung tumors but less than 1% of all lung tumors. Malignant alteration is extremely rare. Surgical removal is therapy of choice.
Željko Djaković, Zoran Janevski
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Video-assisted thoracic surgery for bronchopulmonary sequestration [PDF]
Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2006 Bronchopulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital lung anomaly for which surgical resection is the definitive treatment. Open thoracotomy is the conventional approach, yet associated with considerable morbidity. We report one of the largest series of major lung resection for bronchopulmonary sequestration using the video-assisted thoracic surgery ...
Chung, S-S, Tsang, FHF, Sihoe, ADL
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Video-assisted thoracic surgery for pleuroperitoneal communication [PDF]
Surgical Case Reports, 2019 Background Hydrothorax due to pleuroperitoneal communication (PPC) is a rare complication of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Approximately 50% of the patients need to convert to hemodialysis.
Shota Mitsuboshi +2 more
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JTCVS Open, 2022 Objectives: The aim of this study is to compare the postoperative complications, perioperative course, and survival among patients from the multicentric Spanish Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery Group database who received video-assisted thoracic surgery ...
Julio Sesma, MD +60 more
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Surgical Case Reports, 2021 Background Non-intubated video-assisted thoracic surgery is a therapeutic option for intractable secondary spontaneous pneumothorax in patients who are poor candidates for surgery with endotracheal intubation under general anesthesia.
Hiroya Yamagishi +3 more
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Video assisted thoracic surgery with chest wall resection
, 2021 Chest wall resection is indicated in the management of operable primary chest wall tumors and lung cancers with chest wall invasion. Traditionally, chest wall resection is performed via thoracotomy and is associated with significant postoperative pain ...
Balderson, S. Stafford +3 more
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Video assisted thoracic surgery for treatment of pneumothorax and lung resections: systematic review of randomised clinical trials [PDF]
, 2004 <b>Objectives</b> To determine if video assisted thoracic surgery is associated with better clinical outcomes than thoracotomy for three common procedures: surgery for pneumothorax, minor resections, and lobectomy.
Sedrakyan, Artyom +7 more
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Frontiers in Surgery, 2021 Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the most costly and second most frequent healthcare-associated infections in the Western world. They are responsible for higher postoperative mortality and morbidity rates and longer hospital stays. The aim
Pauline Aeschbacher +4 more
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