[Surgical treatment of lung cancer with complete VATS lobectomy, new in the Netherlands]. / De chirurgische behandeling van longkanker via complete VATS-lobectomie, nieuw in Nederland.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
; 152(21): 1204-9, 2008 May 24.
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| ID: mdl-18578448
ABSTRACT
* In view of the favourable results of lobectomy with complete 'video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery' (c-VATS) as described in literature, we started to perform these totally endoscopic lung resections in the Netherlands in March 2006. * Essential aspects of the procedure are that the ribs are not spread and that the procedure is performed using the image on the monitor only. * In the 23 c-VATS lobectomies performed, the advantages described in literature were confirmed. The operation was safe and entirely similar to the 'open' thoracotomy in an oncological sense. The effects for the patient were favourable. There was less pain after the operation, the function of the shoulder remained intact and the patients recovered rapidly. * It takes a considerable time before the learning curve reaches the plateau phase. The use of proper instruments is essential. * It is expected that the c-VATS lobectomy will be performed more often in the Netherlands in the coming years.
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Assunto principal:
Pneumonectomia
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Toracoscopia
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
Nl
Ano de publicação:
2008
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