Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a type of minimally invasive thoracic surgery performed using a small video camera mounted to a fiberoptic...

Robot-assisted surgery or robotic surgery are any types of surgical procedures that are performed using robotic systems. Robotically assisted surgery was...

purpose of tissue removal and manipulation.[citation needed] Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a surgical operation involving thoracoscopy, usually...

a tube thoracostomy, and potentially surgery in the form of a thoracotomy or video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) to prevent further bleeding. Occasionally...

biopsy. However, like all biopsies, this may be inconclusive. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery may be used for diagnostic confirmation and also for therapeutic...

thoracic or chest cavity is called thoracoscopic surgery. Specific surgical instruments used in laparoscopic surgery include obstetrical forceps, scissors...

thoracoscopy, usually in the form of a procedure called video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). The results from VATS-based pleural abrasion are...

resection in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Most importantly, using interventional imaging in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery can substitute...

endometriosis presenting as a catamenial hemothorax with discordant video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery". Radiology Case Reports. 15 (9): 1419–1422. doi:10.1016/j...

diseases, including the use of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). This procedure is performed using a small video camera that is inserted into the...

thoracotomy. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a less invasive alternative to thoracotomy in selected cases, much like laparoscopic surgery. There...

cannot otherwise be ruled out. Surgical lung biopsy or via a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) biopsy is associated with a mortality rate up to 1-2%...

fibrosis. The diagnosis can be confirmed by lung biopsy. A video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) under general anesthesia may be needed to obtain enough...

Government of India. He was honored for his pioneering work in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. In 2017, the hospital made waves by successfully treating...

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy is an approach to lung cancer surgery. Anatomic lung resection, i.e. pulmonary lobectomy or pneumonectomy...

pulmonary arteriovenous malformation by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and anatomic lingula resection: video and review". Surgical Endoscopy. 30 (4):...

pain, scarring and infection. However, new methods such as video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) provide a minimally invasive method which can eliminate...

while the gold standard for definitive diagnosis remains Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, or VATS, which allows not only the visualization of the...

endometriosis presenting as a catamenial hemothorax with discordant video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery". Radiology Case Reports. 15 (9): 1419–1422. doi:10.1016/j...

1302/0301-620x.98b8.37282. PMID 27482027. Molnar TF (2007). "(Video Assisted) thoracoscopic surgery: Getting started". J Minim Access Surg. 3 (4): 173–7. doi:10...

bronchoscopy with ultrasound guidance, or by surgery, either open or by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). A lung biopsy is performed when a lung...

underlying pathology, which is appropriate for those not suitable for major surgery. Some patients may undergo conservative treatment for a number of months...

with the development of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in the 1980s, now widely performed for many lung cancer surgeries. While lung cancer is the...

"Resorbable Self-Locking Implant for Lung Lobectomy Through Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: First Live Animal Application". Surgical Innovation. 25...

Clinical & Surgical Management of Scoliosis Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) Paediatric Genetic Assay Profiling and Translation...

risk of cancer, excision can be performed by thoracotomy or video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, which can also confirm the diagnosis by microscopical examination...

"Resorbable Self-Locking Implant for Lung Lobectomy Through Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: First Live Animal Application". Surgical Innovation. 25...

System Reduces Hospitalization After Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Lung Resection". The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 102 (3): 955–961. doi:10.1016/j...

are present, a biopsy may be necessary to make the diagnosis. Video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy is the most definitive technique, but transbronchial...

achieve adequate surgical exposure if there is rib crowding. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) approach: VATS pneumonectomy is a safe and feasible...