title: Bilateral anterior minithoracotomy with video assistance for lung volume reduction surgery and pulmonary metastasectomy.
abstract: Incisional access to pulmonary pathology involving both lungs has often involved bilateral standard thoracotomies, median sternotomy, and, recently, sequential lateral video-assisted thoracic surgical approaches. Significant problems are inherent to each of these approaches. We introduce a hybrid technique of bilateral simultaneous minithoracotomy with video assistance as an alternative to these other surgical approaches.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Lung Center, 02 level, South Tower, 320 East North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: d'Amato
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Santucci
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Macherey
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bartley
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Maley
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Landreneau
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery / Q000379:methods*