title: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy for lung cancer.
abstract: Surgical resection is currently the gold standard in operable patients with early-stage lung cancer. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy is a technique that has technically evolved and grown increasingly popular over the past two decades. This article presents the evolution, definition, current application, and some of the controversies surrounding VATS lobectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 3108 Queeny Tower, Barnes Jewish Hospital Plaza, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. puriv@wudosis.wustl.edu
authors.forename: Varun
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Puri
authors.forename: Bryan F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Meyers
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D061887:Conversion to Open Surgery / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D059032:Learning Curve; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000191:economics / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000517:prevention & control; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome