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Minimally invasive procedures
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Baltayiannis N
; Michail C
; Lazaridis G
; Anagnostopoulos D
; Baka S
; Mpoukovinas I
; Karavasilis V
; Lampaki S
; Papaiwannou A
; Karavergou A
; Kioumis I
; Pitsiou G
; Katsikogiannis N
; Tsakiridis K
; Rapti A
; Trakada G
; Zissimopoulos A
; Zarogoulidis K
; Zarogoulidis P
Ann Transl Med
2015[Mar]; 3
(4
): 55
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Minimally invasive procedures, which include laparoscopic surgery, use
state-of-the-art technology to reduce the damage to human tissue when performing
surgery. Minimally invasive procedures require small "ports" from which the
surgeon inserts thin tubes called trocars. Carbon dioxide gas may be used to
inflate the area, creating a space between the internal organs and the skin. Then
a miniature camera (usually a laparoscope or endoscope) is placed through one of
the trocars so the surgical team can view the procedure as a magnified image on
video monitors in the operating room. Specialized equipment is inserted through
the trocars based on the type of surgery. There are some advanced minimally
invasive surgical procedures that can be performed almost exclusively through a
single point of entry-meaning only one small incision, like the "uniport"
video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Not only do these procedures usually
provide equivalent outcomes to traditional "open" surgery (which sometimes
require a large incision), but minimally invasive procedures (using small
incisions) may offer significant benefits as well: (I) faster recovery; (II) the
patient remains for less days hospitalized; (III) less scarring and (IV) less
pain. In our current mini review we will present the minimally invasive
procedures for thoracic surgery.