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Non-Intubated Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
Published on: May 26, 2023
Bilateral anterior minithoracotomy with video assistance for lung volume reduction surgery and pulmonary
T d'Amato1, T S Santucci, R S Macherey
1Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Lung Center, 02 level, South Tower, 320 East North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA.
Abstract:
Incisional access to pulmonary pathology involving both lungs has often involved bilateral standard thoracotomies, median sternotomy, and, recently, sequential lateral video-assisted thoracic surgical approaches. Significant problems are inherent to each of these approaches. We introduce a hybrid technique of bilateral simultaneous minithoracotomy with video assistance as an alternative to these other surgical approaches.
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