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Hand-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
- Source :
- The Annals of thoracic surgery. 75(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Hand-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is a novel minimally invasive approach for performing techniques conventionally performed by posterolateral thoracotomy. Hand-assisted thoracoscopic surgery overcomes one of the major drawbacks of minimally invasive thoracic surgery in allowing full manual palpation of the lungs through a subcostal incision under video guidance, while avoiding a thoracotomy when the indication is pulmonary metastasectomy with curative intent or resection of undiagnosed lung nodules. The technique may result in improved quality of life outcomes compared with a thoracotomy.
- Subjects :
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
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Lung
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Thoracoscopy
Palpation
Endoscopy
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Cardiothoracic surgery
medicine
Hand assisted
Humans
Thoracotomy
Metastasectomy
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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Details
- ISSN :
- 00034975
- Volume :
- 75
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Annals of thoracic surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f770f7c99d924fcb170f37177dfff68c