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Ann Thorac Surg 2008;86:1103. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.013
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Invited Commentary

Todd L. Demmy, MD

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263

(Email: todd.demmy@roswellpark.org).

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Kim and colleagues [1] present their experience with an incrementally less invasive procedure (ie, needlescopic thoracic surgery). Their work was not the first report of small thoracoscopes, in fact terms like "microthoracoscopy" using 2-mm instruments date back to 1997, as they cite. Because needlescopy is gaining popularity for common operations like laparoscopic cholecystectomy that "kick-started" video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, thoracic surgeons should take . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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