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Incisional access to pulmonary pathology involving both lungs has often involved bilateral standard thoracotomies, median sternotomy, and, recently, sequential lateral video-assisted thoracic surgical approaches. Significant problems are inherent to each of these approaches. We introduce a hybrid technique of bilateral simultaneous minithoracotomy with video assistance as an alternative to these other surgical approaches.
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d'Amato, T., Santucci, T., Macherey, R. et al. Bilateral anterior minithoracotomy with video assistance for lung volume reduction surgery and pulmonary metastasectomy. Surg Endosc 16, 364–366 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-001-0056-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-001-0056-9