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Ann Thorac Surg 1995;59:780-781
© 1995 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Key References

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

Donna E. Maziak, MDCM, Martin F. McKneally, MD, PhD

Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Like the field it describes, the literature on video-assisted thoracic surgery is not yet mature. Most of these citations are from the feasibility reporting phase and only three describe comparisons with open surgery. Many of the articles were chosen on the basis of their illustrations or the volume of experience, or simply to indicate activity in the area rather than as an endorsement of their content or conclusions. Some of these are published together in the September 1993 issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery as the First International Symposium on Thoracoscopy and Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery.

Footnotes

Address reprint requests to Dr McKneally, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, 10 Eaton N, Rm 226, 200 Elizabeth St, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada.

History and Guidelines

  1. Jacobaeus HC. The practical importance of thoracoscopy in surgery of the chest. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1922;3:289–96.
  2. Braimbridge MV. The history of thoracoscopic surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:610–4.[Abstract]
  3. Statement of the AATS/STS Joint Committee on Thoracoscopy and Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1.
  4. Guidelines for courses from the AATS/STS Joint Committee on Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:591–2.
  5. Ginsberg RJ. Thoracoscopy: a cautionary note. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:801–3.[Medline]
  6. Cooper JD. Perspectives on thoracoscopy in general thoracic surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:697–700.[Medline]
Access and Anesthesia

  1. Allen MS, Trastek VF, Daly RC, Deschamps C, Pairolero PC. Equipment for thoracoscopy. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:620–3.[Abstract] Basic introduction to a rapidly growing armamentarium.
  2. Landreneau RJ, Mack MJ, Hazelrigg SR, et al. Video-assisted thoracic surgery: basic technical concepts and intercostal approach strategies. Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:800–7.[Abstract]
  3. Landreneau RJ, Mack MJ, Keenan RJ, Hazelrigg SR, Dowling RD, Ferson PF. Strategic planning for video-assisted thoracic surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:615–9.[Abstract] Well-illustrated description of access.
  4. Horswell JL. Anesthetic techniques for thoracoscopy. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:624–9.[Abstract]
  5. Mulder DS. Pain management principles and anesthesia techniques for thoracoscopy. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:630–2.[Abstract]
  6. Jones DR, Graeber GM, Tanguilig GG, Hobbs G, Murray GF. Effects of insufflation on hemodynamics during thoracoscopy. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;55:1379–82.[Abstract]
Pleura and Mediastinum

  1. Boutin C, Viallat JR, Aelony Y. Practical thoracoscopy. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1991. Largest series of diagnostic thoracoscopies in the literature.
  2. Daniel TM. Diagnostic thoracoscopy for pleural disease. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:639–40.[Abstract] Specifies how to get talc for pleurodesis.
  3. Ferguson MK. Thoracoscopy for empyema, bronchopleural fistula, and chylothorax. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:644–5.[Abstract]
  4. Ridley PD, Braimbridge MV. Thoracoscopic debridement and pleural irrigation in the management of empyema thoracis. Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:461–4.[Abstract]
  5. LoCicero J III. Thoracoscopic management of malignant pleural effusion. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:641–3.[Abstract]
  6. Hartman DL, Gaither JM, Kesler KA, Mylet DM, Brown JW, Mathur PN. Comparison of insufflated talc under thoracoscopic guidance with standard tetracycline and bleomycin pleurodesis for control of malignant pleural effusions. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1993;103:743–8.[Abstract]
  7. Landreneau RJ, Hazelrigg SR, Mack MJ, et al. Thoracoscopic mediastinal lymph node sampling: useful for mediastinal lymph node stations inaccessible by cervical mediastinoscopy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1993;106:554–8.[Abstract]
  8. Hazelrigg SR, Landreneau RJ, Mack MJ, Acuff TE. Thoracoscopic resection of mediastinal cysts. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:659–60.[Abstract]
  9. Sugarbaker DJ. Thoracoscopy in the management of anterior mediastinal masses. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:653–6.[Abstract]
  10. Naunheim KS. Video thoracoscopy for masses of the posterior mediastinum. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:657–8.[Abstract]
Lung

  1. Waller DA, Forty J, Morritt GN. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus thoracotomy for spontaneous pneumothorax. Ann Thorac Surg 1994;58:372–7.[Abstract]
  2. Wakabayashi A. Thoracoscopic technique for management of giant bullous lung disease. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56: 708–12.[Abstract] Discusses localized bullae in 17 of 500 treated patients. The author's larger controversial experience in diffuse disease is not addressed.
  3. Ferguson MK. Thoracoscopy for diagnosis of diffuse lung disease. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:694–6.[Abstract]
  4. Ferson PF, Landreneau RJ, Dowling RD, et al. Comparison of open versus thoracoscopic lung biopsy for diffuse infiltrative pulmonary disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1993;106:1994–9.
  5. Mack MJ, Shennib H, Landreneau RJ, Hazelrigg SR. Techniques for localization of pulmonary nodules for thoracoscopic resection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1993;106:550–3.[Abstract] Localization techniques were used in 51 of 200 successful consecutive cases.
  6. Mack MJ, Gordon MJ, Postma TW, et al. Percutaneous localization of pulmonary nodules for thoracoscopic lung resection. Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:1123–4.[Abstract] Well-illustrated note on ``How to Do It.''
  7. Acuff TE, Mack MJ, Landreneau RJ, Hazelrigg SR. Role of mechanical stapling devices in thoracoscopic pulmonary resection. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:749–51.[Abstract]
  8. Hazelrigg SR, Nunchuck SK, Landreneau RJ, et al. Cost analysis for thoracoscopy: thoracoscopic wedge resection. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:633–5.[Abstract]
  9. Shennib HAF, Landreneau RJ, Mulder DS, Mack MJ. Video-assisted thoracoscopic wedge resection of T1 lung cancer in high-risk patients. Ann Surg 1993;218:555–60.[Medline]
  10. Landreneau RJ, Keenan RJ, Hazelrigg SR, Dowling RD, Mack MJ, Ferson PF. VATS wedge resection of the lung using the neodymium: yttrium-aluminum garnet laser. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:758–61.[Abstract] Laser-assisted resection has not become widely accepted.
  11. Lewis RJ. The role of video-assisted thoracic surgery for carcinoma of the lung: wedge resection to lobectomy by simultaneous individual stapling. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:762–8.[Abstract] The controversial nonanatomic lobectomy by hilar stapling merits assessment in clinical trials.
  12. McKneally MF. Lobectomy without a rib spreader. Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:2.[Medline]
  13. Kirby TJ, Mack MJ, Landreneau RJ, Rice TW. Initial experience with video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:1248–53.[Abstract] A more mature randomized trial showing no major difference from open lobectomy is in press in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
  14. Roviaro G, Varoli F, Rebuffat C, et al. Major pulmonary resections: pneumonectomies and lobectomies. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:779–83.[Abstract] Classic anatomic dissection is accomplished through a ``utility'' thoracotomy.
Esophagus

  1. Krasna MJ, McLaughlin JS. Thoracoscopic lymph node staging for esophageal cancer. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:671–4.[Abstract]
  2. Gossot D, Fourquier P, Celerier M. Thoracoscopic esophagectomy: technique and initial results. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:667–70.[Abstract]
  3. Pellegrini C, Wetter LA, Patti M, et al. Thoracoscopic esophagomyotomy. Ann Surg 1992;216:291–9.[Medline] Well-documented early experience followed by a critical discussion.
  4. Hinder RA, Filipi CJ. The technique of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication. Surg Laparosc Endosc 1992;2:265–72.[Medline] Well-illustrated description of technique.
  5. Weerts JM, Dallemange B, Hamoir E, et al. Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication: detailed analysis of 132 patients. Surg Laparosc Endosc 1993;3:359–64.[Medline] Early results including manometry in 98 patients.
Heart and Pericardium

  1. Mack MJ, Landreneau RJ, Hazelrigg SR, Acuff TE. Video thoracoscopic management of benign and malignant pericardial effusions. Chest 1993;103:390S–3S.
  2. Burke RP, Michielon G, Wernovsky G. Video-assisted cardioscopy in congenital heart operations. Ann Thorac Surg 1994;58:864–8.[Abstract] Application of video-assisted thoracic surgery in open operations to see less accessible areas.
  3. Laborde F, Noirhomme P, Karam J, Batisse A, Bourel P, Maurice OS. A new video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical technique for interruption of patent ductus arteriosus in infants and children. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1993;105: 278–80.[Abstract]
Miscellaneous

  1. Byrne J, Walsh TN, Hederman WP. Endoscopic transthoracic electrocautery of the sympathetic chain for palmar and axillary hyperhidrosis. Br J Surg 1990;77:1046–9.[Medline]
  2. Kux M. Thoracic endoscopic sympathectomy in palmar and axillary hyperhidrosis. Arch Surg 1978;113:264–6.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  3. Graeber GM, Jones DR. The role of thoracoscopy in thoracic trauma. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:646–8.[Abstract]
  4. Mack MJ, Regan JJ, Bobechko WP, Acuff TE. Application of thoracoscopy for diseases of the spine. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:736–8.[Abstract]
  5. Rodgers BM. Pediatric thoracoscopy: where have we come and what have we learned? Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:704–7.[Abstract]
  6. Lewis RJ, ed. Video-assisted thoracic surgery. Chest Surgery Clinics of North America, vol 3. 1993:179–351. One of 15 recent books describing the field of video-assisted thoracic surgery.
  7. Hazelrigg SR, Nunchuck SK, LoCicero J, III, Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery Study Group. Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Study Group data. Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56: 1039–44.[Abstract] A balanced presentation of 1,820 cases collected early in the experience of the Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery Study Group.
  8. The Second International Symposium on Thoracoscopy and Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: Technology on Trial, April 24, 1994, New York, NY. Current issues in debate format available on audio cassettes from National Audio Video Inc, 4465 Washington St, Denver, CO 81216.



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