title: Special report: video-endoscopic thoracic surgery.
abstract: Since the advent of video optics, with the projection of images on a screen, a new option has been added to the armamentarium of the thoracic surgeon: video-endoscopic thoracic surgery. A case report of a 33-year-old woman demonstrates the successful new procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Caccavale
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Sisler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001768:Blister / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D014741:Video Recording