Minimizing chest wall trauma in single-port video-assisted thoracic surgery

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Mar;147(3):1095-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.10.043. Epub 2013 Nov 27.

Authors

Calvin S H Ng¹, Randolph H L Wong², Rainbow W H Lau², Anthony P C Yim²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

PMID: 24290715
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.10.043

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Equipment Design
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / pathology
Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
Patient Positioning
Pneumonectomy / adverse effects
Pneumonectomy / instrumentation
Pneumonectomy / methods*
Thoracic Injuries / etiology
Thoracic Injuries / prevention & control*
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / adverse effects
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / instrumentation
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / methods*
Thoracic Wall / injuries*
Thoracoscopes
Treatment Outcome