title: [New diagnostic and therapeutic prospects in peripheral nodules of the lung: surgical video thoracoscopy].
abstract: The new findings and results of laparoscopic surgery lead us to apply this technique in thoracic surgery. Thoracoscopy is an old diagnostic procedure, but advanced imaging techniques, improved optics and new classes of instrument have paved the way for many diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, before not feasible. Now it is possible to treat spontaneous pneumothorax, removal of mediastinal and peripheral tumors, with minimally invasive surgery. It is our belief that thoracoscopic surgery will be a valuable tool in the near future for a variety of chest disorders.
authors.affiliation: Ospedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Annessi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sgarbi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Piccinini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Manzini
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lodini
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013690:Television; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*
vernacular_title: Nuove prospettive diagnostiche e terapeutiche dei noduli periferici del polmone: la videotoracoscopia operativa.