During the last two years video-assisted operative thoracoscopy has introduced new
impetus into thoracic surgery. Today it is vicwed as a sparing and safe alternative to …

In recent times minimally invasive surgery has secured a firm place among the therapeutic
options in thoracic surgery. The experience and results gained from video-assisted surgery …

Thoracoscopy has been revived and expanded by recent improvements in endoscopic
technology. The enhanced application and outcome of VATS (video assisted thoracic …

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has been used recently in the diagnosis and
management of thoracic diseases. In this report, VATS experience with 95 cases, focusing …

Thoracoscopic operations, alternatively termed as video‐assisted thoracic surgery (VATS),
are replacing the variety of surgical procedures which have been otherwise performed by …

Background Herein we compare our personal experience with a series of> 2000
videothoracoscopic procedures with those reported in the literature to identify the …

Current videoendoscopic technology and percutaneous techniques of exposure and
dissection have been successfully applied to abdominal surgery with favorable results …

Thoracoscopy is an old technique that has been recently revived with the development of
videoendoscopic technology. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is now an established …

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis,
Missouri ew advances have had such a rapid and widespread F influence on surgical …

Abstract OBJECTIVE: Since 1990, video-thoracoscopy has rapidly gained
widespreadacceptance. In contrast to conventional thoracoscopy no comprehensivestudies …