This issue, guest edited by Dr. Roberto Crisci, Reinhold Perkmann, Francesco Zaraca, covers all the speeches presented at the International Meeting held in Bolzano from 9th to 10th November 2017. The aim of the special meeting/issue is to present and to publish local experiences, based on clinical or experimental studies of different centers performing VATS and RATS lobectomy in order to update the international literature on this topic and share different international experiences on diagnosis and treatment of NSCLC.
Preface
VATS and RATS lobectomy up to date: clinical and experimental evidences
Original Article on Thoracic Surgery
Predictors of unexpected nodal upstaging in patients with cT1-3N0 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) submitted to thoracoscopic lobectomy
Application of the coaxial smart drain in patients with a large air leak following anatomic lung resection: a prospective multicenter phase II analysis of efficacy and safety
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy using “the caudal approach”: results and evolution
Treatment of pulmonary nodule: from VATS to RATS
Review Article on Thoracic Surgery
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: a patient centered process
Can a standardised Ventilation Mechanical Test for quantitative intraoperative air leak grading reduce the length of hospital stay after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy?
Brief Report on Thoracic Surgery
The Very Experienced Time-honoUred Surgeons (VETUS) project
Anesthesia and analgesia: how does the role of anesthetists changes in the ERAS program for VATS lobectomy
Uniportal non-intubated thoracic surgery
Small incisions, major complications: video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery management of intraoperative complications
Surgical Technique on Thoracic Surgery
Hybrid treatment of T3 chest wall lung cancer lobectomy
Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) sleeve resections for non-small cell lung cancer patients: an observational prospective study and technique analysis
Minimal-invasive thoracic surgery in pediatric patients
Intraoperative complications during VATS lobectomies from conversion to minimally-invasive “trouble-shooting”
Uniportal video-assisted thoracic lung segmentectomy with near infrared/indocyanine green intersegmental plane identification
Lymphadenectomy during thoracoscopy: techniques and efficacy
Viewpoint on Thoracic Surgery
From RATS to VATS: why we did choose this way
From “open” to robotic assisted thoracic surgery: why RATS and not VATS?
Disclosure:
The series “VATS and RATS Lobectomy up to date: Clinical and Experimental Evidences” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Visualized Surgery without any sponsorship or funding. Roberto Crisci, Reinhold Perkmann and Francesco Zaraca served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.
The series “VATS and RATS Lobectomy up to date: Clinical and Experimental Evidences” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Visualized Surgery without any sponsorship or funding. Roberto Crisci, Reinhold Perkmann and Francesco Zaraca served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.