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Review
. 2024 Feb 5;32(Suppl1):S43-S54.
doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2024.25710. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Videothoracoscopic surgery in children

Aykut Kankoç  1 , Muhammet Sayan  1 , Ali Çelik  1
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Review

Videothoracoscopic surgery in children

Aykut Kankoç et al. Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Derg. .

Abstract

Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is now being used with increasing frequency for a wide variety of indications in pediatric patients. Although there is no high level of evidence for the advantages of VATS in the pediatric patient group, the proven benefits of this method in the adult patient group have encouraged thoracic surgeons to perform VATS in this patient population. In this study, the procedures performed in pediatric patients under 18 years of age and their results were reviewed with the help of articles obtained as a result of searches using relevant keywords in the English literature (PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, and Cochrane). The frequency, indications, and results of the procedures performed differed according to age groups.

Keywords: Minimal invasive; pediatric surgery; video-assisted thoracic surgery..

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Preoperative computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of a one-year-old patient with a mediastinal mass.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Skin closure after minimally invasive surgery in a one-year-old patient.
Figure 3
Figure 3. Excised mediastinal lesion in a one-year-old patient.
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