title: [Minimally invasive video-assisted thoracic surgery using radially expanding trocars].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Toyohashi Municipal Hospital, Toyohashi, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oohara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kajiyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuno
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taguchi
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*