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Thoracic surgery clinics · May 2016
ReviewAdvances in Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: Pushing the Envelope.
- Diego Gonzalez-Rivas, Yang Yang, and Calvin Ng.
- Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Unit (UCTMI), Department of Thoracic Surgery, Coruña University Hospital, Xubias 84, Coruña 15006, Spain; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, 507, Road Zhengmin, Shanghai 200433, China. Electronic address: diego.gonzalez.rivas@sergas.es.
- Thorac Surg Clin. 2016 May 1; 26 (2): 187-201.
AbstractUniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) represents a radical change in the approach to lung resection compared with conventional VATS. Because the placement of the surgical instruments and the camera is done through the same incision, uniportal VATS can pose a challenge for both the surgeon and the assistant. Recent industry improvements have made single-port VATS easier to learn. We can expect more developments of subcostal or embryonic natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery access, improvements in 3D image systems, single-port robotics, and wireless cameras. The advances in digital technology may facilitate the adoption of the uniportal VATS technique. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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