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Focused Issue: VATS Special Issue dedicated to the 4th international VATS Symposium 2017

Published: 2017-11-28

Guest Editors


Marco Scarci, MD, FRCS(Eng), FCCP

Department of Thoracic Surgery, University College London Hospitals, London, UK


Roberto Crisci, MD

Thoracic Surgery Unit, University of L’Aquila, “G. Mazzini” Hospital, Piazza Italia 1, Teramo, Italy


Currently, the outline of this focused issue is as follows.
  • VATS Special Issue dedicated to the 4th international VATS Symposium
       Marco Scarci, Roberto Crisci

  • ERAS in Thoracic Surgery: the past, the present and the future
       Alessandro Brunelli

  • Certification in VATS surgery
       Gaetano Rocco

  • Bronchial Sleeve Anastomosis and Primary Closures with the da Vinci system: An Advanced
       Minimally Invasive Technique

    • Tugba Cosgun

  • Uniportal VATS Lymphadenectomy
       Antonio Martin Ucar

  • Uniportal VATS Hilar Dissection
       Piergiorgio Solli

  • Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery versus Stereotactic Radiotherapy
       Stefania Canova

  • Management of Perioperative Complications During Uniportal
       Paula A. Ugalde

  • Awake Non-Intubated Thoracic Surgery: An Attempt of Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
       Luca Bertolaccini

  • Complex high risk thoracic surgery - does risk always outweigh the benefit or can we manage it safely?
       Joanne F Irons

  • Robotic is better than VATS? Ten good reasons to prefer robotic versus manual VATS surgery in lung cancer patients
       Michela Solinas