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The Evolution of Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery

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Surgery is not a static entity, but a constantly evolving discipline. It adapts itself in response to changing patient needs, emergence of new technologies, and developments in medical knowledge.

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The author wishes to thank Dr. Stephen Wang and the AME Publishing Company for technical support and permission to reproduce Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 from the Journal of Thoracic Disease.

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  1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

    Diego Gonzalez-Rivas

  2. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

    Calvin Sze Hang Ng

  3. Service of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Gaetano Rocco

  4. Gary Hock Endowed Professor of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

    Thomas A. D’Amico

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Needlescopic VATS right upper lobectomy. Notice that the axis of the operation and camera view is essential the same as for a conventional three-port VATS approach. The view achieved with a 3 mm video-thoracoscope coupled with modern high-definition camera systems provides very good images. (WMV 97849 kb)

Two-port VATS right upper lobectomy. Notice that the axis of the operation and camera view is essential the same as for a conventional three-port VATS approach. Compared with the Needlescopic approach in Video 1, the two-port approach is almost identical and the loss of the posterior port (admitting a 3 mm grasper only) is barely noticed. (WMV 146256 kb)

Uniportal VATS right middle lobectomy. (WMV 31613 kb)

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Sihoe, A.D.L. (2019). The Evolution of Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery. In: Gonzalez-Rivas, D., Ng, C., Rocco, G., D’Amico, T. (eds) Atlas of Uniportal Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2604-2_1

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