Dedicated to the 6th Asian Single-port VATS Symposium 2018

Posted On 2018-12-10 10:20:41

Guest edited by Dr. Jose Luis Danguilan, this focused issue on the 6th ASPVS is a testament to the efforts of everyone who helped in making minimally invasive thoracic surgery in the Philippines what it is today.

Preface on Thoracic Surgery
Taking to video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery like ducks to water
Jose Luis Danguilan

Review Article on Thoracic Surgery 
Converting uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery: multiport or open?
Kyoji Hirai, Yutaka Enomoto, Jitsuo Usuda

Review Article on Thoracic Surgery
Recent developments in uniportal VATS in Asia and beyond
Peter S. Y. Yu, Calvin S. H. Ng

Review Article on Thoracic Surgery 
Thymectomy with an endoscopic approach
Takashi Suda

Review Article on Thoracic Surgery
Posterior fissure first approach in single port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Kyoji Hirai, Yutaka Enomoto, Jitsuo Usuda

Viewpoint on Thoracic Surgery
Notes on the first uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy on June 25, 2009
John K. C. Tam

Viewpoint on Thoracic Surgery
Incorporating single port video-assisted thoracic surgery training into regular thoracic surgery training programs
John K. C. Tam

Case Report on Thoracic Surgery
Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery segmentectomy
John K. C. Tam

Surgical Technique on Thoracic Surgery
Transthoracic single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy
Kook Nam Han, Hyun Koo Kim, Young Ho Choi

Surgical Technique on Thoracic Surgery
Single site robotic surgery for thoracic diseases
Kook Nam Han, Hyun Koo Kim, Young Ho Choi

Surgical Technique on Thoracic Surgery
Single-port minimally invasive esophagectomy
Jen-Hao Chuang, Shun-Mao Yang, Pei-Wen Yang, Pei-Ming Huang, Jang-Ming Lee

Disclosure:
The series “Dedicated to the 6th Asian Single-port VATS Symposium 2018” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Visualized Surgery without any sponsorship or funding. Jose Luis Danguilan served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.