Video-assisted thoracic surgery—The past, present status and the future
- 1 February 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Zhejiang University Press in Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B
- Vol. 7 (2), 118-128
- https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.2006.b0118
Abstract
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has developed very rapidly in these two decades, and has replaced conventional open thoracotomy as a standard procedure for some simple thoracic operations as well as an option or a complementary procedure for some other more complex operations. In this paper we will review its development history, the present status and the future perspectives.Keywords
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