Video-assisted open heart procedures - our experience
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No extensive experience in open procedures is needed to learn lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery.
OBJECTIVES Lobectomies done by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) result in fewer complications and less pain and save total costs compared with the traditional approach. However, the majority of procedures are still performed via open thoracotomies, because VATS lobectomy is considered difficult to learn, requiring experience in open surgery, and causing complications in the initial phase ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cor et Vasa
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0010-8650,1803-7712
DOI: 10.33678/cor.2010.153