[Minimally invasive video-assisted thoracic surgery using radially expanding trocars].
We report a new and safer access device for thoracoscopic operation. This radially expanding trocar provides a smaller incision of skin and a lesser visceral, vascular or neural injury than a conventional cannula. Therefore, most of patients undergoing this operation do not feel much pain. Moreover, this device system is more cost effective than a conventional one. We prefer and recommend this minimally invasive technique for video-assisted thoracic surgery.
Oohara
K
K
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Toyohashi Municipal Hospital, Toyohashi, Japan.
Kajiyama
M
M
Abe
T
T
Toyama
M
M
Yoshioka
T
T
Kobayashi
A
A
Ito
T
T
Kuno
H
H
Taguchi
Y
Y
D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*