-
- Federico Raveglia, Matilde De Simone, Ugo Cioffi, Alessandro Rizzi, and Alessandro Baisi.
- Thoracic Surgery Unit, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
- Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2016 Aug 1; 102 (2): e177-9.
AbstractTrocars used during video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) present some technical disadvantages due to their rigid structure. We propose the use of an extra-small wound retractor system, designed for general surgery, as alternative to rigid trocar for camera port during VATS. In our experience the wound retractor presents 5 objective advantages: reduces intercostal nerve compression and skin injuries, improves the camera maneuverability, does not displace during operation, and protects the camera by any small parietal bleeding. Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..