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Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) in a patient with impaired pulmonary function
S. Sakata1, I. Yoshida, Y. Otani
1Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371, Japan.
Surgical Endoscopy
|April 4, 2001
Abstract:
A 72-year-old woman successfully underwent thoracoscopic wedge resection of the lung with the assistance of a minithoracotomy. Poor pulmonary function made her a high-risk operative candidate. Video-assisted thoracic surgery with the assistance of minithoracotomy may be the treatment of choice for high-risk patients with a peripheral pulmonary nodule.