VATS Lobectomy: The Copenhagen Experience

Hansen, Henrik Jessen; Petersen, René H.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-11861-6_8

Henrik Jessen Hansen M.D.⁵ &
René H. Petersen⁵

2577 Accesses

Abstract

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy is now a well-accepted way to perform a minimally invasive lobectomy and has been done almost in two decades.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Chapter: USD 29.95; Price excludes VAT (USA)

eBook: USD 129.00; Price excludes VAT (USA)

Softcover Book: USD 169.99; Price excludes VAT (USA)

Hardcover Book: USD 249.99; Price excludes VAT (USA)

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

Michael Alberts W (2007) Diagnosis and management of lung cancer executive summary. ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition). Chest 132:1S–19S
Article PubMed Google Scholar
Downey RJ, Cheng D, Kernstine K, Stanbridge R, Shennib H, Wolf R, Ohtsuka T, Schmid R, Waller D, Fernando H, Yim A, Martin J (2007) Video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung cancer resection. A consensus statement of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) 2007. Innovations 2:293–302
PubMed Google Scholar
Whitson BA, Groth SS, Duval SS, Swanson SJ, Maddaus MA (2008) Surgery for early-stage non small cell lung cancer: a systematic review of the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus thoracotomy approaches to lobectomy. Ann Thorac Surg 86:2008–2018
Article PubMed Google Scholar
Yan TD, Black D, Bannon PG, McCaughan BC (2009) Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and nonrandomized trials on safety and efficacy of video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer. J Clin Oncol 27:2553–2562
Article PubMed Google Scholar
Hansen HJ, Petersen RH, Christensen M (2010) Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy using a standardized anterior approach. Surg Endosc. 2011;25:1263–9 doi:10.1007/s00464-010-1355-9, published online 07 October 2010

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2.15.2, The Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, The National University Hospital, DK 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
Henrik Jessen Hansen M.D. & René H. Petersen

Authors

Henrik Jessen Hansen M.D.
View author publications
You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar
René H. Petersen
View author publications
You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Henrik Jessen Hansen M.D. .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Klinik Hirslanden, Thoraxzentrum Zürich, Witellikerstr. 40, Zürich, 8008, Switzerland
Rolf Gilbert Carl Inderbitzi
, Division of General Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Berne , Freiburgstr. 2010, Berne, 3010, Switzerland
Ralph Alexander Schmid
, Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Paradisa 2, Pisa, 56100, Italy
Franca M. A. Melfi
St. Mary's Hospital, Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Praed Street, LONDON, W2 1NY, United Kingdom
Roberto Pasquale Casula

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Hansen, H.J., Petersen, R.H. (2012). VATS Lobectomy: The Copenhagen Experience. In: Inderbitzi, R., Schmid, R., Melfi, F., Casula, R. (eds) Minimally Invasive Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11861-6_8

Download citation

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11861-6_8
Published: 28 August 2012
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-11860-9
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-11861-6
eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics