Videothoracoscopy: what has changed through the years?

Alper Toker

İstanbul Üniversitesi İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Göğüs Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul

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Videothoracoscopy which was introduced to chest surgery in the 1990s has expanded its place with growing number of operations and varying applications in different clinics. Today, videothoracoscopy procedures comprise 30% of total operations in chest surgery clinics practising modern chest surgery. Thanks to its advantages such as decreased postoperative hospital stay and morbidity, and a higher patient willingness to accept surgery, this technique has become popular with changing and developing indications. This review evaluated the evolvement of videothoracoscopy applications and its indications after 1990s.

Keywords : Lung neoplasms/surgery; pneumonectomy; thoracic surgery, video-assisted/methods; thoracotomy; thymectomy

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