Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy in the animal model.
We introduce the training on uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) lobectomy in sheep. This animal model is helpful to learn the different view, the importance of lung exposure and the key points of the instrumentation. In this article we present three videos with the left upper lobectomy, the left lower lobectomy and the right upper lobectomy in the sheep.
1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, 2 The Technological Center, Coruña University Hospital, Coruña, Spain.
Mercedes
M
de la Torre
1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, 2 The Technological Center, Coruña University Hospital, Coruña, Spain.
Diego
D
Gonzalez-Rivas
1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, 2 The Technological Center, Coruña University Hospital, Coruña, Spain.
Ricardo
R
Fernández-Prado
1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, 2 The Technological Center, Coruña University Hospital, Coruña, Spain.
María
M
Delgado
1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, 2 The Technological Center, Coruña University Hospital, Coruña, Spain.
Eva M
EM
Fieira
1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, 2 The Technological Center, Coruña University Hospital, Coruña, Spain.
Alberto
A
Centeno
VATS animal model; VATS training; Video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy (VATS lobectomy); uniportal VATS