Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) in a patient with impaired pulmonary function.
A 72-year-old woman successfully underwent thoracoscopic wedge resection of the lung with the assistance of a minithoracotomy. Poor pulmonary function made her a high-risk operative candidate. Video-assisted thoracic surgery with the assistance of minithoracotomy may be the treatment of choice for high-risk patients with a peripheral pulmonary nodule.
Sakata
S.
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Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371, Japan.
Yoshida
I.
I
Otani
Y.
Y
Kawashima
O.
O
Kamiyoshihara
M.
M
Ishikawa
S.
S
Morishita
Y.
Y