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video-assisted thoracic surgery

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Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)
A technique used to aid in the placement of chest tubes or when performing decortications when treating advanced empyema.
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video-assisted thoracic surgery
Surgery A format of minimally invasive thoracic surgery used to treat a number of specific lesions Indications Pulmonary nodules, effusions, infiltrates, pneumothorax, mediastinal mass, pleural mass, etc Procedures Wedge resection–excision, examination, pleural biopsy, talc pleurodesis, decortication, excision of masses, application of fibrin glue to air leak Complications Persistent air leak, A Fib, respiratory failure Conversion to open procedure 33% require conversion, due to obscure nature of lesion, malignancy, obliterated pleural space Mortality 2%
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Information will be presented on screening and treatment options such as minimally invasive video-assisted thoracic surgery.
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VATS, or video-assisted thoracic surgery is an alternative to thoracoscopy, although because of its more invasive nature, it could lead to seeding of the tumor {dislodgement of fragments of the tumor by contact}.
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Surgical Procedure Bilateral staple LVRS by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) was performed by one or both of two thoracic surgeons on the same surgical team.
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