Video-assisted thoracoscopy for lung cancer: who is the future of thoracic surgery?

ABSTRACT: As the computer processing technique and display technology evolved dramatically, the surgical approach to early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has made a rapid progress within the past few years. Currently, the gold standard for NSCLC is lobectomy. After the introduction of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), lung resection can now be conducted mini-invasively, enabling better prognosis for patients and better operation condition for surgeons. At the very beginning, the conventional two-dimensional (2D) system enabled operators to have a closer, magnified and illuminated view inside the body cavity than open thoracotomy. With the introduction of the glasses-assisted three-dimensional (3D) and glasses-free 3D display system, multiple viewing angles were further enhanced,

SUBMITTER: Jiang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7475530 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature