Importantly, the completeness of resection and cancer-specific outcomes are similar between VATS lobectomy and open lobectomy. Sugarbaker DJ, Bueno R, Krasna MJ, Mentzer SJ, Zellos L (eds). Adult ...

Chest drains are routinely used after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lung resections to evacuate fluid and air from the pleural space.

How do you treat early-stage lung cancer? We mainly use video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery or VATS — in which a thoracoscope, a thin flexible tube with a light and camera, is introduced into ...

Background: Chest drains are routinely used after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lung resections to evacuate fluid and air from the ...

New robotic surgery systems in Oklahoma are transforming the fight against lung cancer—the deadliest form. Discover how early ...

Many are the chest operations as well as minimally invasive procedures (keyhole surgery ... metastatectomy for lung secondaries from other tumours (sarcoma/colon tumours); VATS lobectomy for lung ...

should be offered a lobectomy (either open or thoracoscopic). It is encouraging that data from the National Lung Cancer Audit show that surgery rates for people with stage 1 to 2 lung cancer and a ...