Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery or single-incision video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung resection: clarifying definitions
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery thymectomy.
A 47-year-old gentleman presented with an incidental discovery of a 2.5-cm anterior mediastinal mass. Following radiological review, the diagnosis of likely thymoma is made and the patient is referred for surgical resection. The patient is currently self-employed and working as a carpenter. He is very concerned about the possibility of having a sternotomy as it would impact on his recovery and ...
متن کاملUniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for right intralobar pulmonary sequestration
Purpose: A pulmonary sequestration is an embryonic mass of lung tissue that has no identifiable bronchial communication. It is characterized by nonfunctional pulmonary parenchyma separated from the normal tracheobronchial tree and abnormal blood supply from the systemic circulation. Methods: We report a 61-year-old male with progressive chest distress and pain, recurrent pneumonia, was diagnose...
متن کاملVideo-assisted thoracic surgery through a single skin incision.
OBJECTIVE To develop a minimally invasive video-assisted thoracic surgery technique. DESIGN Case series. SETTING University referral center. PATIENTS Six consecutive patients with a pneumothorax who underwent video-assisted thoracic surgery through a single skin incision. INTERVENTIONS A flexible digital bronchoscope was placed in a scope guide. A single 2.0-cm skin incision was made in...
متن کاملUniportal and single-incision video-assisted thoracic surgery: the state of the art.
Over the past decade, uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has evolved dramatically into a sophisticated technique capable of performing some of the most complex thoracic procedures. The idea of operating through fewer surgical incisions and, therefore, with potentially better cosmesis, less postoperative pain and paraesthesia, has led to uniportal VATS increasing in popularity worl...
متن کاملSingle-port Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Lung Cancer
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a minimally invasive technique that has many advantages in postoperative pain and recovery time. Because of its advantages, VATS is one of the surgical techniques widely used in patients with lung cancer. Most surgeons perform VATS for lung cancer with three or more incisions. As the technique of VATS has evolved, single-port VATS for lung cancer has be...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Future Oncology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1479-6694,1744-8301
DOI: 10.2217/fon-2016-0370