Minerva chirurgica
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Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (uniportal VATS) lobectomy represents the last evolution of minimally invasive techniques for the surgical treatment of lung cancer. Uniportal VATS was developed from two-ports approach, with two main advantages: only one intercostal space is damaged and the direct view to the target tissue. Improvements in camera systems, instruments and stapler technology have facilitated this development. ⋯ In our center, as we gain experience with the approach, we performed advanced cases with similar results to the initial stages. Segmentectomies, bronchovascular reconstructions and selected cases that need chest wall resection were also carried out by uniportal VATS. The last advance is the uniportal VATS lobectomy in non-intubated patients with spontaneous breathing, the less invasive surgical approach in combination with a less invasive anesthetic management.