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Management of complications of minimally invasive thoracic surgery
Article first published online: 30 NOV 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01653.x
© 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2009 Asian Pacific Society of Respirology
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HSIN, M. K. and YIM, A. P. (2010), Management of complications of minimally invasive thoracic surgery. Respirology, 15: 6–18. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01653.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 27 DEC 2009
- Article first published online: 30 NOV 2009
- Received 7 June 2009; Invited to revise 16 June 2009; revised 31 July 2009; accepted 26 August 2009 (Associate Editor: David Feller-Kopman).
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Keywords:
- complications;
- decortication;
- lobectomy;
- minimally invasive thoracic surgery;
- pleurodesis;
- video-assisted thoracoscopy
ABSTRACT
Minimally invasive thoracic surgery (MITS) has become part of the modern thoracic surgeon's armamentarium. Its applications include diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and over the past one and a half decades, the scope of MITS has undergone rapid evolution. The role of MITS is well established in the management of pleural and mediastinal conditions, and it is beginning to move beyond diagnostic procedures for lung parenchyma conditions, to gain acceptance as a viable option for primary lung cancer treatment. However MITS poses technical challenges that are quite different from the conventional open surgical procedures. After a brief review of the history of MITS, an overview of the scope of MITS is given. Important examples of diagnostic and therapeutic indications are then discussed, with special emphasis on the potential complications specific to MITS, and their prevention and management.