The authors present a video showing a VATS left lower lobectomy for bronchiectasis.
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VATS
June 28, 2016
This video shows a uniportal subxiphoid lobectomy in a patient with a proven adenocarcinoma of the middle lobe.
June 21, 2016
This video shows a VATS truncal vagotomy for marginal ulcers after gastric bypass.
May 30, 2016
This video demonstrates the safe control of pulmonary artery bleeding, conversion to VATS lobectomy, and completion of the operation.
May 19, 2016
In an interview filmed at the Cambridge VATS Symposium, Joel Dunning talks with Tom D’Amico, Professor of Thoracic Surgery at Duke University and a pioneer in the field of VATS lobectomy.
April 13, 2016
A group of experts met at the 2016 SCTS Annual Meeting, in Birmingham, United Kingdom, to discuss the adoption, efficacy, and future of VATS lobectomy.
March 24, 2016
Rene Petersen of Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, considers whether VATS lobectomy has become the prevailing standard of care.
March 7, 2016
Using data from the National Cancer Data Base, the surgical and oncologic efficacy of minimally invasive (VATS, robotic) lobectomy were compared to open lobectomy. Groups were created for comparison using propensity score matching techniques. VATS compared to open was associated with shorter LOS, higher readmission rates, and slightly better 2-year
March 7, 2016
This video shows a middle lobectomy performed via a uniportal approach on a 55-year-old woman who had previously undergone a right upper lobectomy.
March 3, 2016
This video demonstrates a micropneumonectomy, a technique that uses 5 mm ports in the intercostal space and a subxiphoid incision for the stapler.