title: Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic pneumonectomy.
abstract: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) was introduced nearly 2 decades ago and has experienced an exponential increase for lung cancer treatment. A pneumonectomy can be performed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and the lung usually fits through the incision as usually used for VATS lobectomy. The most common approach for pneumonectomy is undertaken with 3 or 4 incisions, including a utility incision of about 3-6 cm. However, this resection is amenable by using only a single utility-incision. This chapter describes the technique for pneumonectomies by single-incision thoracoscopic approach with no rib spreading.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Coruña University Hospital, Coruña, Spain; ; Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Unit (UCTMI), Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Rivas
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fieira
authors.forename: Lucía
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mendez
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de la Torre
keywords: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS); completion pneumonectomy; intrapericardial pneumonectomy; left pneumonectomy; right pneumonectomy
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