Chapter-02 The history and evolution of minimally invasive thoracic surgery
BOOK TITLE: MINIMALLY INVASIVE THORACIC SURGERY PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF THORACOSCOPIC TECHNIQUE
Author
1. Sihoe Alan DL
2. George Robert S
ISBN
9781909836402
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/18621_3
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
14
Author Affiliations
1.
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China,
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China
2.
University College London Hospitals, London, UK
Chapter keywords
Minimally invasive thoracic surgery,
history,
evolution,
video-assisted thoracic surgery,
VATS,
diagnostic approach,
early VATS lobectomy,
lymph node,
Quality of Life,
QoL,
forced expiratory volume in one second,
FEV1,
forced vital capacity,
FVC,
robot-assisted thoracic surgery,
complementary advances