PMID: 8964099Jan 1, 1995Paper

Video-thoracoscopic surgery: current indications and future perspectives

Chirurgia italiana
G F Coloni, R Crisci

Abstract

The great interest in VATS over the last few years has extended the indications for this technique in order to avoid risks. There are additional indications (e.g. spontaneous pneumothorax), including several benign diseases of the lung, pleura, mediastinum and oesophagus. But other indications for the procedure are still controversial, for example lung resection for primary bronchial cancer. In this report the Authors, on the basis of their own experience, try to define the present and approaching perspectives for VATS.

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