title: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
abstract: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is finding an ever-increasing role in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of thoracic disorders that previously required sternotomy or open thoracotomy. The potential advantages of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery include less postoperative pain, fewer operative complications, shortened hospital stay and reduced costs. The following review examines the surgical and anesthetic considerations of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, with an emphasis on recently published articles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA. jbrodsky@leland.stanford.edu
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Brodsky
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cohen