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Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: Complications and Management

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Since the first use of a thoracoscope by Hans Jacobaeus in the treatment of pleural adhesive disease as a result of artificial pneumothorax therapy for tuberculosis in 1910, the desire to access the hemithorax with minimal tissue damage and discomfort remained relatively unattainable until the advent of the laparoscopic revolution some 80 years later. The instrumentation and application of techniques utilized during the more common laparoscopic cholecystectomies and fundoplications saw renewed interest in a minimally invasive approach to thoracic diseases and conditions.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Northeast Surgery of Maine, 417 State Street, Suite 330, Bangor, ME, 04401, USA

    Michael R. St. Jean MD, FACS, COL MC US Army (Chief)

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  1. Michael R. St. Jean MD, FACS, COL MC US Army
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Correspondence to Michael R. St. Jean MD, FACS, COL MC US Army .

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  1. , Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, 1100 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 19107, Pennsylvania, USA

    David S. Tichansky, MD, FACS

  2. Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Pasteur Drive 300, Stanford, 94305, USA

    John Morton, MD, MPH

  3. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical, Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical School, Brookline Ave. 330, Boston, 02215-5400, Massachusetts, USA

    Daniel B. Jones

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Jean, M.R.S. (2012). Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: Complications and Management. In: Tichansky, MD, FACS, D., Morton, MD, MPH, J., Jones, D. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Quality, Outcomes and Patient Safety. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7901-8_32

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