title: VATS right upper lobectomy.
abstract: Standard thoracotomy has been considered as the classic approach and only choice for the diagnosis and treatment of certain thoracic diseases especially in patients with peripheral lung cancer. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a new minimally invasive thoracic surgery through small incisions in the intercostal muscle of chest wall by using modern camera technology, high-tech equipment and surgical instrument. Consequently, VATS has become the preferred main method for peripheral lung cancer in the last two decades. The aim of the present paper is to describe and discuss the operative techniques of VATS for right upper lobectomy (RUL).
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
authors.forename: Gan-Jun
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Wen-Yang
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Song-Ping
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
keywords: Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS); lobectomy; minimally invasive thoracic surgery
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