Thoracoscopic major lung resection - indications, technique, and early results: experience from two centers in Asia

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 241-244

  Yim, Anthony P C ^a   Liu, Hui Ping ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asia; Major lung resections; Thoracoscopy; VATS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISSECTION; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; SENSATION DISORDERS; TAIWAN; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0030996493     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199706000-00013     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Yim APC, Liu HP. Complications and failures of video assisted thoracic surgery: experience from two centers in Asia. Ann Thorac Surg 1995;61:538-41.
2. Landreneau RJ, Mack MJ, Hazelrigg SR, et al. Prevalence of chronic pain after pulmonary resection by thoracotomy or video-assisted thoracic surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994;107: 1079-86.
3. Yim APC. Cost-effectiveness of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery - an Asian perspective [Editorial]. Int Surg (in press).
4. Yim APC. Thoracoscopic major lung resection revisited [Editorial]. J Endosc Laparosc Surg Asia 1996;1:49.
5. Yim APC, Ho JKS. Malfunctioning of vascular staple cutter during thoracoscopic lobectomy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995;109: 1252.
6. Yim APC. Minimizing chest wall trauma in video assisted thoracic surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995;109:1255-6.
7. Yim APC, Lee TWC. Home-made knot pusher for extracorporeal ties. Aust N Z J Surg 1995;65:510-1.
8. Naruke T, Suemasu K, Ishikawa S. Lymph node mapping and curability at various levels of metastasis in resected lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1978;76:832-9.
9. Yim APC, Ko KM, Chau WS, et al. Video assisted thoracoscopic anatomic lung resections: the initial Hong Kong experience. Chest 1996;109:13-17. Editorial comment by Landreneau RJ, 1996;109: 1-2.
10. Liu HP, Chang CH, Lin PJ, Chang JP, Hsieh MJ. Thoracoscopic-assisted lobectomy: preliminary experience and results. Chest 1995;107:853-5.
11. Walker WS, Camochan FM, Pugh GC. Thoracoscopic pulmonary lobectomy: early operative experience and preliminary clinical results. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1993;106:1111-7.
12. Roviar G, Varoli F, Rebuffat C, et al. Major pulmonary resections: Pneumonectomies and lobectomies. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56: 779-83.
13. Kirby TJ, Mack MJ, Landreneau RJ, et al. Initial experience with video assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy. Ann Thorac Surg 1993; 56:1248-53.
14. McKenna RJ. Lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery with mediastinal node sampling for lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994;107:879-82.
15. Giudicelli R, Thomas P, Lonjon T, et al. Video-assisted minithoracotomy versus muscle sparing thoracotomy for performing lobectomy. Ann Thorac Surg 1994;58:712-8.
16. Lewis RJ. Simultaneously stapled lobectomy: a safe technique for video-assisted thoracic surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995; 109:619-25.
17. Kirby TJ, Mack MJ, Landreneau RJ, Rice TW. Lobectomy video assisted thoracic surgery versus muscle-sparing thoracotomy: a randomized trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995;109:997-1002.
18. Krasna MJ, McLaughlin JS. Efficacy and safety of thoracoscopy for diagnosis and treatment of intrathoracic disease: the University of Maryland experience. Surg Laparosc Endosc 1994;4:182-8.
19. Liu HP, Lin PJ, Chang JP, Chang CH. Video-assisted thoracic surgery: manipulation without trocar in 112 consecutive procedures. Chest 1993;104:1452-4.
20. Craig SR, Walker WS. Potential complications of vascular stapling in thoracoscopic pulmonary resection. Ann Thorac Surg 1995;59: 736-7.