TY - JOUR
T1 - The Variability of Practice in Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery for Pulmonary Resections
AU - Rocco, Gaetano
AU - Internullo, Eveline
AU - Cassivi, Stephen D.
AU - Van Raemdonck, Dirk
AU - Ferguson, Mark K.
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - Although minimally invasive thoracic surgery (MITS), under various denominations, is currently the accepted approach to the management of several thoracic diseases, its use for the treatment of lung cancer and infectious conditions of surgical interest is still debated, both from a philosophic and a technical point of view. The concept of minimally invasive pulmonary resections still provokes several controversies as to the terminology, the indications, and the techniques used by different surgeons. The issue of the variability of practice in this field of MITS is addressed through an analysis of the most recent literature and the results of an international survey that was originated and devised by the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons and supported by CTSnet.
AB - Although minimally invasive thoracic surgery (MITS), under various denominations, is currently the accepted approach to the management of several thoracic diseases, its use for the treatment of lung cancer and infectious conditions of surgical interest is still debated, both from a philosophic and a technical point of view. The concept of minimally invasive pulmonary resections still provokes several controversies as to the terminology, the indications, and the techniques used by different surgeons. The issue of the variability of practice in this field of MITS is addressed through an analysis of the most recent literature and the results of an international survey that was originated and devised by the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons and supported by CTSnet.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2008.06.002
DO - 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2008.06.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 18831498
AN - SCOPUS:48449102479
VL - 18
SP - 235
EP - 247
JO - Thoracic Surgery Clinics
JF - Thoracic Surgery Clinics
SN - 1547-4127
IS - 3
ER -