title: Maximizing the benefit of minimally invasive surgery.
abstract: Minimal invasive surgery is an excellent approach for the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of thoracic disorders that previously required sternotomy or open thoracotomy. The notable benefits of minimal invasive surgery to patients include less postoperative pain, fewer operative and post-operative major complications, shortened hospital stay, faster recovery times, less scarring, less stress on the immune system, smaller incision, and for some procedures reduced operating time and reduced costs.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Kamran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mohiuddin
authors.forename: Scott J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Swanson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D016634:Radiosurgery; D012371:Robotics; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: MIS benefits; lung cancer; minimally invasive surgery