Patients may better tolerate video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), but there are concerns about the potential for missing lymph node metastases. Over a recent 4-year study period, VATS lobectomy was ...

(Barcelona, Spain September 8, 2025, 10:45 a.m. CEST / UTC +2) – Patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) compared to open lobectomy had a significantly improved overall ...

An increase in the stage of non-small cell lung cancer due to cancer positive lymph node discovery was more common following open chest surgery for lung lobe removal of early stage lung cancer ...

Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy is a pulmonary lobectomy procedure that is performed by a minimally invasive technique. A VATS lobectomy, or thoracoscopic lobectomy, procedure is performed ...

This study was carried out as part of a permanent infection surveillance program at the Center for Thoracic Surgery of the University of Insubria in Varese, Italy, between October 1996 and June 2002.

Patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) compared to open lobectomy had a significantly improved overall survival rate, according to a meta-analysis presented at the ...

Complete Title: AOST2031: A Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Open vs Thoracoscopic Management of Pulmonary Metastases in Patients with Osteosarcoma ...

Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation in Operable Stage IIIA Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy: Results From a German Multicenter Randomized Trial The Cancer and ...

Pleuroscopy for evaluation of pleural effusions and infections has been performed for centuries and is one of the oldest forms of minimally invasive surgery. The introduction of the double-lumen ...

November 5, 2008 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), a recently developed and minimally invasive procedure, appears to be beneficial to lung cancer patients. A ...