title: Thoracoscopy: a collaborative surgical approach.
abstract: Perioperative nurses, surgeons, anesthesiologists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and pharmacists are meeting the challenge of decreasing thoracic surgical patients' length of hospital stay with thoracoscopy. This innovative alternative to traditional thoracotomy procedures has been achieved through an attentive team approach using the fundamental perioperative skills of assessment, positioning, safety, and sharing of knowledge.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Brand
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D020708:Thoracoscopes; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing