title: The evolution of thoracoscopic assisted surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000266:history*