Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy for lung cancer

Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2013 Jan;22(1):27-38, v. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2012.09.001.

Abstract

Surgical resection is currently the gold standard in operable patients with early-stage lung cancer. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy is a technique that has technically evolved and grown increasingly popular over the past two decades. This article presents the evolution, definition, current application, and some of the controversies surrounding VATS lobectomy.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Competence / standards
  • Conversion to Open Surgery / methods
  • Humans
  • Immunity
  • Intraoperative Complications / etiology
  • Learning Curve
  • Lung Neoplasms / economics
  • Lung Neoplasms / immunology
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Pain, Postoperative / prevention & control
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Quality of Life
  • Reimbursement Mechanisms
  • Robotics / methods
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / economics
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / methods*
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / trends
  • Thoracotomy / methods
  • Treatment Outcome