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    • Thoracic Surgery
    • Minimally Invasive Procedures
    • Pulmonary Resection

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    • Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy is a standard for anatomic lung resections.
    • Traditional VATS may involve rib retractors, potentially causing trauma.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To evaluate VATS lobectomy techniques that avoid rib retractors.
    • To describe methods for minimally invasive anatomic pulmonary resection.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing videothoracoscopy for surgical field visualization.
    • Performing VATS lobectomy without rib retractors.
    • Describing assisted VATS (aVATS) with a small working incision and fully endoscopic VATS (VTS/cVATS) via ports only.

    Main Results:

    • VATS lobectomy without rib extractors meets criteria for minimally invasive lung resection.
    • This approach targets hilar structures without intercostal space trauma.
    • Techniques include aVATS (3-5 cm incision) and cVATS/VTS (port-based).

    Conclusions:

    • VATS lobectomy without rib retractors is a viable and less traumatic surgical option.
    • The described techniques offer alternatives for minimally invasive anatomic pulmonary resection.