Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

  • Chapter
Surgery

  • 784 Accesses

Abstract

Minimal access surgery of the thorax has enjoyed periodic enthusiasm during the twentieth century. As little as 100 years ago, open surgery of the chest was considered unsafe at the very least. With the development of the controlled artificial pneumothorax, however, the door opened for thoracoscopy to develop.1 Jacobaeus used a cystoscope to view the inside of the chest in 1910.2 The technique flourished in Europe where it was used to produce a therapeutic pneumothorax in the treatment of tuberculosis and to diagnose and manage pleural problems such as effusions, empyemas, and primary and secondary malignancies of the pleura.3

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 74.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. Webb WR. Thoracoscopy. Chest Surg Clin North Am 1992; 2: 679–689.

    Google Scholar 

  2. Jacobaeus HC. Über die Möglichkeit der Zystoskopischen unter suchung Serösser höhlunger enzuwenden. München Med Wochenschr 1910; 40: 2090.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Coba F. Atlas Thoracoscopicon. Berlin: Mailand, Springer, and Kupfer, 1928.

    Google Scholar 

  4. Kaiser LR. Diagnostic and therapeutic uses of pleuroscopy (thoracoscopy) in lung cancer. Surg Clin North Am 1987, 67: 1081–1086.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Rusch VW. Thoracoscopy under regional anesthesia for diagnosis and management of pleural disease. Am J Surg 1987; 154: 274–278.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Miller JI, Hatcher CR. Thoracoscopy, a useful tool in the diagnosis of thoracic disease. Ann Thor Surg 1978; 26: 68–72.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Boutin C, Viallat JR, Cargnino P, et al. Thoracoscopy and malignant pleural effusions. Am Rev Respir Dis 1981; 124: 588–592.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Fishman AP. Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 2nd Ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 1988.

    Google Scholar 

  9. Shields TW. General Thoracic Surgery, 4th Ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1994.

    Google Scholar 

  10. Cummings SR, Lillington GA, Richard RJ. Managing solitary pulmonary nodules: the choice of strategy is a “close call.” Am Rev Respir Dis 1986; 184: 453–460.

    Google Scholar 

  11. Edwards FH, Schaefer PS, Cohen AJ, et al. Use of artificial intelligence for the preoperative diagnosis of pulmonary lesions. Ann Thorac Surg 1989; 48: 556–559.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Hazelrigg SR, Nunchuk SK, LoCicero J III, and the Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Study Group. Video-assisted thoracic surgery study data. Ann Thorac Surg 1993; 56: 1039–1044.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Miller JI, Hatcher CR. Limited resection of bronchogenic carcinoma in patients with marked impairment of pulmonary function. Ann Thorac Surg 1987; 44: 340–343.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Ginsberg RJ, Rice TW, Goldberg M, et al. Extended cervical mediastinoscopy. A single staging procedure for bronchogenic carcinoma of the left upper lobe. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987; 94: 673–676.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Silvestri GA, Hoffman BG, Bhutani MS, et al. Endoscopic ultrasound with fine needle aspiration in the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer. Ann Thorac Surg 1996; 61: 1441–1445.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Cooper JD, Perelman M, Todd TRJ, et al. Precision cautery excision of pulmonary lesions. Ann Thorac Surg 1986; 41: 51–53.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. LoCicero J III, Frederickson JW, Hartz RS, et al. Laser-assisted parenchyma sparing pulmonary resection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1989; 97: 732–736.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  18. Lewis RJ, Caccavale RJ, Sisler GE, et al. Video-assisted thoracic surgical resection of malignant tumors. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992; 104: 1679–1687.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Warren WH, Faber LP. Segmentectomy versus lobectomy in patients with stage I pulmonary carcinoma. Five-year survival and patterns of intrathoracic recurrence. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994; 107: 1087–1093.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. Ginsberg RJ, Rubinstein LV. Randomized trial of lobectomy versus limited resection for Tl NO non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer Study Group. Ann Thorac Surg, 1995; 60: 615–622.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. McKneally M. Lobectomy without a rib spreader. Ann Thorac Surg 1992; 54: 2.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Kirby TJ, Mack MJ, Landreneau RJ, et al. Lobectomy video-assisted thoracic surgery versus muscle sparing thoracotomy; a randomized trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995; 109: 997–1002.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Landreneau RJ, Mack MJ, Hazelrigg SR, et al. Video-assisted thoracic surgery: a minimally invasive approach to thoracic oncology. In: PPO Updates. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1994.

    Google Scholar 

  24. Yim APC, Ko K, Chau W, et al. Video-assisted thoracoscopic anatomic lung resections: the initial Hong Kong experience. Chest 1996; 109: 13–17.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. Lewis RJ, Sisler GE, Caccavale RJ. Imaged thoracic lobectomy: should it be done? Ann Thorac Surg 1992; 54: 80–83.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  26. Kaseda S, Hangai N, Yamamoto S, et al. Lobectomy with extended lymph node dissection by video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung cancer. Surg Endosc 1997; 11: 703–706.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  27. Fry WA, Siddikui A, Pensler JM, et al. Thoracoscopic implantation of cancer with a fatal outcome. Ann Thorac Surg 1995; 59: 42–45.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. Walsh GL, Nesbitt JC. Tumor implants after thoracoscopic resection of a metastatic sarcoma. Ann Thorac Surg 1995, 59: 215–216.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  29. Yim AP. Port-site recurrence following video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Surg Endosc 1995; 9: 1133–1135.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  30. Downey RJ, McCormack P, LoCicero J, and the Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Study Group. Dissemination of malignant tumors after video-assisted thoracic surgery: a report of 21 cases. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996; 11: 954–960.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. Wille GA, Gregory R, Guernsey JM. Tumor implantation at port site of video-assisted thoracoscopic resection of pulmonary metastasis. West J Med 1997; 166: 65–66.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  32. Buhr J, Hurtgen M, Heinrichs CM, et al. Tumor dissemination after thoracoscopic resection of malignant pulmonary coin lesions. Chirurg 1996; 67: 81–85.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  33. Frame SB. Thoracoscopy for trauma. Int Surg 1997; 82: 223–228.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  34. Sakurai S, Ohura M, Ogawa J, Kagami H, Yamauchi K, Inoue H. Video-assisted bedside pleuroscopy under local anesthesia: use of a rigid cystoureteroscope in patients with undiagnosed pleural effusion. Nippon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi 1996; 34(suppli: 148–154.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  35. Light RW. Pleural diseases. Dis Mon 1992; 38: 261–331.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  36. Maitre B, Atassi K, Housset B. Diagnosis of pleurisy. Rev Prat 1997; 47: 1298–1303.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  37. Canto A, Arnau A, Galbis J, et al. The so-called malignant pleural effusion: a new review of direct data obtained with diagnostic pleuroscopy. Arch Bronconeumol 1996; 32: 453–458.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  38. Bresticker MA, Oba J, LoCicero J, Greene R. Optimal pleurodesis: a comparison study. Ann Thorac Surg 1993; 55: 364–367.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  39. Walker-Renard PB, Vaughan LM, Sahn SA. Chemical pleurode sis for malignant pleural effusions. Ann Intern Med 1994; 120: 56–64.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  40. Ruckdeschel JC, Moores DW, Lee JY, et al. Intrapleural therapy for malignant pleural effusions: a randomized comparison of bleomycin and tetracycline. Chest 1991; 100: 1528–1535.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  41. Hartman DL, Gaither JM, Kesler KA, et al. Comparison of insufflated talc under thoracoscopic guidance with standard tetracycline and bleomycin pleurodesis for control of malignant pleural effusions. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1993, 105: 743–748.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  42. Yim APC, Chan ATC, Lee TW, et al. Thoracoscopic talc insufflation versus talc slurry for symptomatic malignant pleural effusion. Ann Thorac Surg 1996; 62: 1655–1688.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  43. Mack MJ, Landreneau RJ, Hazelrigg SR, et al. Videothoracoscopic management of benign and malignant pericardial effusions. Chest 1993; 103: 390–395.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  44. Hazelrigg SR, Mack MJ, Landreneau RJ, et al. Thoracoscopic pericardiectomy for effusive pericardial disease. Ann Thorac Surg 1993; 56: 792–795.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  45. Moores DW, Allen KB, Faber LP. Subxiphoid pericardial drainage for pericardial tamponade. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995; 109: 546–551.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  46. Liu HP, Chang CH, Lin PJ, et al. Thoracoscopic management of effusive pericardial disease: indications and technique. Ann Thorac Surg 1994; 58: 1695–1697.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  47. Melvin WS, Krasna MJ, McLaughlin JS. Thoracoscopic management of spontaneous pneumothorax. Chest 1992; 102: 1875–1876.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  48. Hazelrigg SR, Landreneau RJ, Mack M, et al. Thoracoscopic stapled resection for spontaneous pneumothorax. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1993; 105: 389–393.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  49. Waller DA, Forty J, Soni AK, et al. Videothoracoscopic operation for secondary spontaneous pneumothorax. Ann Thorac Surg 1994; 57: 1612–1615.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  50. Inderbitzi RGC, Furrer M, Striffler H, et al. Thoracoscopic pleurectomy for the treatment of complicated spontaneous pneumothorax. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1993; 105: 84–88.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  51. Inderbitzi RGC, Leiser A, Furrer M, et al. Three years’ experience in video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for spontaneous pneumothorax. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994; 107: 1410–1415.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  52. Mouroux J, Elkaim D, Padovani B, et al. Video-assisted thoracoscopic treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax: technique and results of one hundred cases. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996; 112: 385–391.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  53. Naunheim KS, Mack M, Hazelrigg SR, et al. Safety and efficacy of video-assisted thoracic surgical techniques for treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995; 109: 1198–1204.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  54. Maggi G, Ardissone F, Olivario A, et al. Pleural abrasion in the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax: results of 94 consecutive cases. Int Surg 1992; 77: 99–101.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  55. Gamondes JP, Weisendanger T, Bouvier H, et al. Pneumothorax spontané et récidivant du sujet jeune: traitement par pleurectomie apicale bilatérale en un seul temps par voie axillaire. Presse Med 1987; 16: 423–426.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  56. Thomas P, Lemee F, LeHors H, et al. Résultats du traitement chirurgical des pneumothorax persistants ou récidivants. Ann Chir Chir Thorac Cardiovasc 1993; 47: 136–140.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  57. Dumont P, Nebia A, Roeslin N, et al. Traitement chirurgical du pneumothorax: etude d’une série de 400 cas. Ann Chir Chir Thorac Cardiovasc 1995; 49: 235–240.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  58. Dumont P, Diemont F, Massard G, et al. Does a thoracoscopic approach for surgical treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax represent progress? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1997; 11: 27–31.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  59. Colt HG, Russack V, Chiu Y, et al. A comparison of thoracoscopic talc insufflation, slurry, and mechanical abrasion pleurodesis. Chest 1997; 111: 442–448.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  60. Ridley PD, Braimbridge MV. Thoracoscopic debridement and pleural irrigation in the management of empyema thoracis. Ann Thorac Surg 1991; 51: 461–464.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  61. Sendt W, Forster E, Hau T. Early thoracoscopic debridement and drainage as definitive treatment for pleural empyema. Eur J Surg 1995; 16: 73–76.

    Google Scholar 

  62. Landreneau RJ, Keenan RJ, Hazelrigg SR, et al. Thoracoscopy for empyema and hemothorax. Chest 1995; 109: 18–24.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  63. Hornick P, Clark D, Townsend E, et al. Videothoracoscopy in the treatment of early empyema: an initial experience. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 1996; 78: 45–48.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  64. Angelillo-Mackinley TA, Lyons GA, Chimondeguy DJ, et al. VATS debridement versus thoracotomy in the treatment of loculated postpneumonia empyema. Ann Thorac Surg 1996; 61: 1626–1630.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  65. Wait MA, Sharma S, Hohn J, et al. A randomized trial of empyema therapy. Chest 1997; 111: 1548–1551.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  66. Striffeler H, Gugger M, Im Hof V, et al. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for fibrinopurulent pleural empyema in 67 patients. Ann Thorac Surg 1998; 65: 319–323.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  67. Cassina PC, Hauser M, Hillejan L, et al. Video-assisted thoracoscopy in the treatment of pleural empyema: staged-based management and outcome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999; 117: 234–238.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  68. Deslauriers J. Comment on Cassina PC, et al. Video-assisted thoracoscopy in the treatment of pleural empyema: staged-based management and outcome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999; 117: 238.

    Google Scholar 

  69. Demmy TL, Krasna MJ, Detterbeck FC, et al. Multicenter VATS experience with mediastinal tumors. Ann Thorac Surg 1998; 66: 187–192.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  70. Sugarbaker DJ. Thoracoscopy in the management of anterior mediastinal masses. Ann Thorac Surg 1993; 56: 653–656.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  71. McKeown PP, Conant P, Hubbell DS. Thoracoscopic lung biopsy. Ann Thorac Surg 1992; 54: 490–492.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  72. Ferson PF, Landreneau RJ, Dowling RD, et al. Comparison of open versus thoracoscopic lung biopsy for diffuse infiltrative lung disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1993; 106: 194–199.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  73. Bcnsard DD, McIntyre RC Jr, Waring BJ, et al. Comparison of video thoracoscopic lung biopsy to open lung biopsy in the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease. Chest 1993; 103: 765–770.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  74. Iwata M, Sato A, Chida K, et al. Efficacy of video thoracoscopic lung biopsy in diffuse lung diseases: comparison with open lung biopsy. Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi 1995; 33: 700–704.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  75. Nasim A, Akhtar RP, Spyt TJ. Video-thoracoscopic lung biopsy in diagnosis of interstitial lung disease. J R Coll Surg Edinb 1995; 40: 22–24.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  76. Deshmukh SP, Krasna MJ, McLaughlin JS. Video-assisted thoracoscopic biopsy for interstitial lung disease. Int Surg 1996; 81: 330–332.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  77. Martin T, Larraga R, Badorrey I, et al. Videothoracoscopy versus thoracotorny in the diagnosis of diffuse interstitial disease. Arch Bronchoneumol 1997; 33: 341–345.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  78. Zegdi R, Azorin J, Tremblay B, et al. Videothoracoscopic lung biopsy in diffuse infiltrative lung diseases: a 5-year surgical experience. Ann Thorac Surg 1998; 66: 1170–1173.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  79. LoCicero J. Does every patient with enigmatic lung disease deserve a lung biopsy? The continuing dilemma. Chest 1994; 106: 706–708.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  80. Ferson PF, Landreneau RJ. Thoracoscopic lung biopsy or open lung biopsy for interstitial lung disease. Chest Surg Clin North Am 1998; 8: 749–762.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  81. Saltman AE, LoCicero J. Short stay thoracic surgery. J Respir Crit Care Mcd 1997, 155: A482.

    Google Scholar 

  82. Spencer DA, Alton HM, Raafat F, et al. Combined percutaneous lung biopsy and high-resolution computed tomography in the diagnosis and management of lung disease in children. Pediatr Pulmonol 1996; 22: 111–116.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  83. Fan LL, Kozinetz CA, Wojtczak HA, et al. Diagnostic value of transbronchial, thoracoscopic, and open lung biopsy in immunocompetent children with chronic interstitial lung disease. J Pediatr 1997; 131: 565–569.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  84. Niden AH, Salem F. A safe high-yield technique for cutting needle biopsy of the lung in patients with diffuse lung disease. Chest 1997; 111: 1615–1621.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  85. Schuricht AL, Gowen GF, Azurin DL. Thoracoscopic vagotomy as a safe adjunct to remedial gastric surgery. Am Surg 1997; 63: 540–542.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  86. Krasna MJ. The role of thoracoscopic lymph node staging in esophageal cancer. Int Surg 1997; 82: 7–11.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  87. Gossot D, Ghnassia MD, Debiolles H, et al. Thoracoscopic dissection of the esophagus: an experimental study. Surg Endosc 1992; 6: 59–61.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  88. Peracchia A, Ancona E, Ruol A, et al. Use of mini-invasive procedures in esophageal surgery. Chirurgie 1992; 118: 305–308.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  89. Gossot D, Cattan P, Fritsch S, et al. Can the morbidity of esophagectomy be reduced by the thoracoscopic approach? Surg Endosc 1995; 9: 1113–1115.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  90. Sammartino P, Chirletti P, Calcaterra D, et al. Video-assisted transhiatal esophagectomy for cancer. Int Surg 1997, 82: 406–410.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  91. Peracchia A, Rosati R, Fumagalli U, et al. Thoracoscopic dissection of the esophagus for cancer. Int Surg 1997; 82: 1–4.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  92. Peracchia A, Rosati R, Fumagalli U, et al. Thoracoscopic esophagectomy: are there benefits? Semin Surg Oncol 1997; 13: 259–262.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  93. Law S, Fok M, Chu KM, et al. Thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. Surgery (St. Louis) 1997; 122: 8–14.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  94. Mafune K, Tanaka Y, Makuuchi M. Video-assisted esophagectomy for carcinoma of the esophagus, using thoracoscopy or mediastinoscopy. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 1997; 24: 525–531.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  95. Dexter SP, Martin IG, McMahon MJ. Radical thoracoscopic esophagectomy for cancer. Surg Endosc 1996; 10: 147–151.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  96. Liu HP, Chang CH, Lin PJ, et al. Video-assisted endoscopie esophagectomy with stapled intrathoracic esophagogastric anastomosis. World J Surg 1995; 19: 745–747.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  97. Taniguchi E, Kamiike W, Iwase K, et al. Thoracoscopic enucleation of a large leiomyoma located on the left side of the esophageal wall. Surg Endosc 1997; 11: 280–282.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  98. Bardini R, Asolati M, Thoracoscopic resection of benign tumors of the esophagus. Int Surg 1997; 82: 5–6.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  99. Oddsdottir M. Laparoscopie management of achalasia. Surg Clin North Am 1996; 76: 451–458.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  100. Pellegrini C, Wetter LA, Patti M, et al. Thoracoscopic esophagomyotomy. Initial experience with a new approach for the treatment of achalasia. Ann Surg 1992; 216: 291–296.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  101. Pelligrini CA, Leichter R, Patti M, et al. Thoracoscopic esophageal myotomy in the treatment of achalasia. Ann Thorac Surg 1993; 56: 680–682.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  102. Rosati R, Fumagalli U, Bonavina L, et al. Laparoscopie approach to esophageal achalasia. Am J Surg 1995; 169: 424–427.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  103. Raiser F, Perdikis G, Hinder RA, et al. Heller myotomy via minimal-access surgery. An evaluation of antireflux procedures. Arch Surg 1996; 131: 593–597.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  104. Hunter JG, Trus TL, Branum GD, et al. Laparoscopie Heller myotomy and fundoplication for achalasia. Ann Surg 1997, 225: 664–665.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  105. Graham AJ, Finley RJ, Worsley DF, et al. Laparoscopie esophageal myotomy and anterior partial fundoplication for the treatment of achalasia. Ann Thorac Surg 1997; 64: 785–789.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  106. Nguyen NT, Schauer PR, Hutson W, et al. Preliminary results of thoracoscopic Belsey Mark IV antireflux procedure. Surg Lap-arose Endosc 1998; 8: 185–188.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  107. Drott C. The history of cervicothoracic sympathectomy. Eur J Surg Suppl 1994; 572: 5–7.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  108. Graham AN, Owens WA, McGuigan JA. Assessment of outcome after thoracoscopic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis in a specialized unit. J R Coll Surg Edinb 1996; 41: 160–163.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  109. Noppen M, Herregodts P, D’Haese J, et al. A simplified T2–T3 thoracoscopic sympathicolysis technique for the treatment of essential hyperhidrosis: short-term results in 100 patients. J Laparoendosc Surg 1996; 6: 151–159.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  110. Zacherl J, Huber ER, Imhof M, et al. Long-term results of 630 thoracoscopic sympathicotomies for primary hyperhidrosis: the Vienna experience. Eur J Surg Suppl 1998; 580: 43–46.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  111. Rex LO, Drott C, Claes G. The Boras experience of endoscopie thoracic sympathicotomy for palmar, axillary, facial hyperhidrosis and facial blushing. Eur J Surg Suppl 1998; 580: 23–26.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  112. Lin CC, et al. Thoracoscopic T2-sympathetic block by clipping—a better and reversible operation for treatment of hyperhidrosis palmaris: experience with 326 cases. Eur J Surg Suppl 1998; s580: 13–16.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  113. Kusano T, Miyazato H, Swiraishi M, et al. Thoracoscopic thoracic splanchnicectomy for chronic pancreatitis with intractable abdominal pain. Surg Laparosc Endosc 1997; 7 (3): 213–218.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  114. Claes G, Drott C, Gothberg G, et al. Thoracoscopic sympathicotomy for arterial insufficiency. Eur J Surg Suppl 1994; 572: 63–64.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  115. Krasna MJ, Desmukh S, McLaughlin JS. Complications of thoracoscopy. Ann Thorac Surg 1996; 61: 1066–1069.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  116. Jancovic R, Lang-Landunski L, Pons F, et al. Complications of video-assisted thoracic surgery: a five year experience. Ann Thorac Surg 1996; 61: 533–537.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  117. Yim APC, Liu HP. Complications and failures of video-assisted thoracic surgery: experience from two centers in Asia. Ann Thorac Surg 1996; 61: 538–541.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  118. Clavien PA, Sanabria JR, Strasberg SM. Proposed classification of complications of surgery with examples of utility in cholecystectomy. Surgery (St. Louis) 1992; 111: 518–526.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Authors
  1. Joseph LoCicero
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of California, San Francisco, USA

    Jeffrey A. Norton MD (Professor and Vice-Chairman of Surgery, Chief) (Professor and Vice-Chairman of Surgery, Chief)

  2. Surgical Service, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA

    Jeffrey A. Norton MD (Professor and Vice-Chairman of Surgery, Chief) (Professor and Vice-Chairman of Surgery, Chief)

  3. Division of General Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA

    R. Randal Bollinger MD, PhD (Professor of Surgery, Professor of Immunology, Chief) (Professor of Surgery, Professor of Immunology, Chief)

  4. Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Michigan, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Alfred E. Chang MD (Chief, Hugh Cabot Professor of Surgery) (Chief, Hugh Cabot Professor of Surgery)

  5. Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

    Stephen F. Lowry MD (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  6. Division of General Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Sean J. Mulvihill MD (Professor of Surgery, Chief) (Professor of Surgery, Chief)

  7. Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Harper Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    Harvey I. Pass MD (Professor of Surgery and Oncology, Chief of Thoracic Oncology) (Professor of Surgery and Oncology, Chief of Thoracic Oncology)

  8. Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Robert W. Thompson MD (Associate Professor of Surgery) (Associate Professor of Surgery)

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2001 Springer Science+Business Media New York

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

LoCicero, J. (2001). Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery. In: Norton, J.A., et al. Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57282-1_55

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57282-1_55

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-642-63239-6

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-642-57282-1

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation