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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:196
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: General Thoracic

Invited commentary

Todd L. Demmy, MD

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm & Carlton Sts, Buffalo, NY 14263

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

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The article by Nakanishi [1] describes one center’s initial experience with the expansion of minimally invasive therapy into another complex thoracic operation (ie, bronchial sleeve resection). Slightly more than a decade ago, many considered thoracoscopic lobectomy a bit farfetched, much less video-assisted thoracic surgery bronchoplasty. Today some will ponder using the technique in this article for carefully selected patients with favorable anatomic characteristics.

The combination of surgeon experience and improved instrumentation has made thoracoscopic lobectomy the preferred approach . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Lobectomy With Bronchoplasty for Lung Cancer: Initial Experience and Techniques
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2007 84: 191-195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]





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