title: Video-assisted thoracic surgery and anatomical lung resections. Where do we stand? National survey by the Spanish Society of Thoracic Surgery.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The objective of this survey is to find out the cumulated experience and the current situation of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for anatomical lung resections in Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a descriptive study performed from two independent surveys designed through the Survey Monkey®web platform. The first survey was aimed at 53 thoracic surgery departments from the public and state-assisted national health system. The second survey, of a personal nature, was directed at 315 thoracic surgeons in active service, including physicians at their residency program. The surveys were kept operative from 18/11/2014 to 15/01/2015.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The first survey was answered by 32 (60%) departments and the second by 167 (53%) professionals. A total of 29 (91%) of the thoracic surgery departments represented recognized having some level of experience in this technique. However, a great proportion of departments, 15 (52%), counted less than 100 procedures and the cumulated time of experience was lower than 5 years in 19 (66%) departments. Among all the individual respondents, 126 (77%) admitted having performed the procedure at some point. Of those without any experience, at least 36 (95%) of them recognized that future training in this technique is one of their future professional objectives.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Waiting for future prospective national registries contribute further information about the expansion of this technique in our country, the results of the current survey show, up to now, the best reflection of clinical practice and opinion of the surgeons involved in the development of VATS.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, IIS Aragón, Zaragoza, España. Electronic address: raulembun@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Raul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Embun
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitario de la Ribera, Alcira, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: Néstor
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Martínez Hernández
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitari Mútua Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Sergi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Call
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Olaiz Navarro
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, España.
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zabaleta
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, ĹHospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Ricard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitario de la Ribera, Alcira, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Galbis
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, España.
authors.forename: Nicolás
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moreno
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013030:Spain; D013903:Thoracic Surgery; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
keywords: Carcinoma de pulmón de células no pequeñas; Cirugía torácica video-asistida; Encuestas de cuidados en salud; Health care surveys; Non-small cell lung carcinoma; Video-assisted thoracic surgery