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. 2000 Feb;13(1):41-5.
doi: 10.1097/00001503-200002000-00007.

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

J B Brodsky  1 , E Cohen
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

J B Brodsky et al. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2000 Feb.

Abstract

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is finding an ever-increasing role in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of thoracic disorders that previously required sternotomy or open thoracotomy. The potential advantages of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery include less postoperative pain, fewer operative complications, shortened hospital stay and reduced costs. The following review examines the surgical and anesthetic considerations of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, with an emphasis on recently published articles.

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