Describes the uniportal VATS technique for lung biopsy, allowing multiple wedge resections through a single port.
May allow less invasive lung biopsy; leaves open need for comparative outcome trials.
Presentation of the uniportal VATS technique for lung biopsy: through a single port incision, a videothoracoscope, a lung grasper, and a roticulating endostapler are introduced into the pleural cavity. Based on the preoperative CT findings, the target areas are addressed from a cranio-caudal perspective instead of from a lateral one. Multiple wedge resections of different sizes can be obtained and the specimens removed through the same port.
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Gaetano Rocco (2005) studied this question.
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