title: [Characteristics of customized device for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery].
abstract: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has been a mainstay in surgical interventions for an early staged lung cancer over a decade. VATS procedures are nowadays categorized into 2 groups. One is a modified open procedures through a mini-thoracotomy with customization of conventional instruments. The other is a port-access procedure with use of newly developed instruments for endoscopic surgery. The optimal device adapting for individual surgical manipulations should be selected to make a VATS procedure safer and more feasible. The sample extraction using a bag is a most important step when VATS is completed, because the rupture of bag can result in cancer cell contamination. More useful devices adapting either for mini-thoracotomy VATS or for port-access VATS, will be developed with advancement of medical technology.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Endo
mesh_terms: D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000639:trends; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends