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  2. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery - Wikipedia

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    Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a type of minimally invasive thoracic surgery performed using a small video camera mounted to a fiberoptic thoracoscope (either 5 mm or 10 mm caliber), with or without angulated visualization, which allows the surgeon to see inside the chest by viewing the video images relayed onto a television screen, and perform procedures using elongated ...

  3. VATS lobectomy - Wikipedia

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    Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, or VATS, came into widespread use in the 1990s and early on in its development practitioners began to perform lobectomy via VATS incisions. [3] The advantage of VATS over thoracotomy is that major chest wall muscles are not divided and ribs are not spread. This leads to reductions in the intensity and ...

  4. Thoracoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a surgical operation involving thoracoscopy, usually performed by a thoracic surgeon using general or local/regional anaesthesia with additional sedation as necessary.

  5. Lung surgery - Wikipedia

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    Similar to VATS, robotic surgery has also been found to be minimally invasive and is extremely useful for removing certain parts of lung tissue that are diseased as well as surrounding lymph nodes. [48] However, comparisons of current robotic methods with VATS have shown no significant differences in patient outcome. [49]

  6. Double-lumen endobronchial tube - Wikipedia

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    A Carlens double-lumen endotracheal tube, commonly used for thoracic surgical operations such as VATS lobectomy.. A double-lumen endotracheal tube (also called double-lumen endobronchial tube or DLT) is a type of endotracheal tube which is used in tracheal intubation during thoracic surgery and other medical conditions to achieve selective, one-sided ventilation of either the right or the left ...

  7. Thoracotomy - Wikipedia

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    A thoracotomy is a surgical procedure to gain access into the pleural space of the chest. [1] It is performed by surgeons (emergency physicians or paramedics under certain circumstances) to gain access to the thoracic organs, most commonly the heart, the lungs, or the esophagus, or for access to the thoracic aorta or the anterior spine (the latter may be necessary to access tumors in the spine).

  8. Pleurodesis - Wikipedia

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    Video assisted thoracoscopic view. ICD-9-CM: 34.92: MeSH: MedlinePlus: edit on Wikidata] Pleurodesis is a medical procedure in which part of the pleural space is ...

  9. VAT identification number - Wikipedia

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    A value-added tax identification number or VAT identification number (VATIN [1]) is an identifier used in many countries, including the countries of the European Union, for value-added tax purposes. In the EU, a VAT identification number can be verified online at the EU's official VIES [ 2 ] website.