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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Nov 2011
Case ReportsSingle-port video-assisted thoracoscopic left upper lobectomy.
- Diego Gonzalez-Rivas, Mercedes de la Torre, Ricardo Fernandez, and Victor X Mosquera.
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Coruña University Hospital (CHUAC), Coruña, Spain. diego.gonzalez.rivas@sergas.es
- Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2011 Nov 1; 13 (5): 539-41.
AbstractVideo-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) anatomic lobectomy for lung cancer was initially described in 1993. Since then, many thoracic surgery departments have progressively adopted this technique, although the approach description may vary greatly among them. Most of surgeons use three incisions but the lobectomy can be performed by only one port, especially when it is performed by surgeons experienced in double-port technique. Lower lobes are the easiest cases to perform. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of a single-port upper lobectomy with no rib spreading.
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