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In lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), the surgeon is required to have experience and a high degree of skill in performing the operation. We applied substernal hand-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy to remove a metastatic lung tumor that originated from colon cancer in one patient and obtained satisfactory results. This method compensates for a current limitation of VATS lobectomy, namely, the fact that the surgeon cannot touch the lesion. The reported method is safe and useful for thoracoscopic surgery. It can be performed easily, even if the surgeon is not experienced in performing VATS lobectomy.
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Kido, T., Fukui, S., Hamanaka, Y. et al. Video-assisted thoracic lobectomy by the substernal hand-assisted method for a metastatic lung tumor. Surg Endosc 15, 1228 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004640041017
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004640041017