title: Minimally invasive open surgery approach for the surgical resection of thoracic malignancies.
abstract: This article describes minimally invasive open surgery for resection of intrapulmonary malignancies. This approach compensates for the weak points of video-assisted thoracic surgery while remaining minimally invasive. Overall, it is respected as a technically feasible alternative to conventional lobectomy by way of open thoracotomy with an acceptable range of morbidity or mortality.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, 1-1, Tsukiji 5-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan. hasamura@ncc.go.jp
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asamura
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome