All Articles - Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

Review Article

The role of immunotherapy in resectable stage II non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review

Deniz Piyadeoglu, Benjamin Wei

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

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(30 March 2026)

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Review Article

Evolving techniques and comparative outcomes in video-assisted thoracic surgery and robotic-assisted thoracic surgery: a narrative review

Wei Liu, Aliss T. C. Chang, Joyce W. Y. Chan, Junko C. S. Chan, Rainbow W. H. Lau, Calvin S. H. Ng

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

2026;

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(30 March 2026)

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Review Article

Redefining long-term oncologic outcomes of minimally invasive surgery for non-small cell lung cancer: a narrative review

Chen Lu, Yosuke Matsuura, Sodai Nagata, Ayumi Suzuki, Masayuki Nakao, Mingyon Mun

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

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(30 March 2026)

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Review Article

Minimally invasive lung resection after neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a narrative review of safety and evolution

Sofoklis Mitsos, Nikolaos Chondropoulos, Periklis Tomos

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

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(30 March 2026)

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Review Article

CT-guided versus bronchoscopic localization of small pulmonary nodules: a narrative review

Masataka Mori, Masaru Takenaka, Kanji Tanaka, Teppei Hashimoto, Yasuhiro Fujita, Takehiko Manabe, Katsuma Yoshimatsu, Yukiko Nemoto, Hiroki Matsumiya, Masatoshi Kanayama, Asahi Nagata, Koji Kuroda, Fumihiro Tanaka

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

2026;

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(30 March 2026)

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Review Article

Localization techniques for small pulmonary nodules: a narrative review of current strategies and future perspectives

Masaya Aoki, Shoichiro Morizono, Takuya Tokunaga, Go Kamimura, Yuto Nonaka, Satomi Imamura, Aya Harada-Takeda, Koki Maeda, Toshiyuki Nagata, Kazuhiro Ueda

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

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(30 March 2026)

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Review Article

Feasibility and safety of minimally invasive lung resection after neoadjuvant immunotherapy: a narrative review

Deniz Piyadeoglu, Mara B. Antonoff

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

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(30 March 2026)

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Review Article

The role of artificial intelligence in the minimally invasive thoracic surgery: narrative review of the last 15 years

Clarissa Uslenghi, Giovanni Leuzzi, Piergiorgio Solli, Michele Ferrari, Arsela Prelaj, Paolo Nicola Camillo Girotti

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

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(30 March 2026)

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Review Article

Update of minimally invasive management of esophageal diseases: a narrative review

Michael Shields, Amira Barmanwalla, Jon Wee

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

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(30 March 2026)

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Original Article

Outcome comparison between two staplers used for pulmonary resection: a retrospective cohort study

Mohammad Alomari, Jose L. Delgado, Hesham Khalifa, James London, David Coffman, Bryan F. Vaca, Alejandra Yu Lee Mateus, Lana Al-Botros, Ian Makey

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

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(30 March 2026)

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Editorial

Robot-assisted thoracic surgery in the era of pulmonary segmentectomy for non-small cell lung cancer

Terumoto Koike, Koki Kumaki, Ryo Sezaki, Hiromu Keira, Yuta Hosoda, Masaya Nakamura, Yuki Shimizu, Tatsuya Goto

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

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(30 March 2026)

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Editorial

Preface on the role of VATS in thoracic trauma management

Savvas Lampridis, Andrea Billè

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

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(30 March 2026)

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Review Article

Cost-effectiveness and clinical utility of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in hemodynamically stable thoracic trauma: a narrative review

Mohamed Rahouma, Hosny Mohsen, Alzahraa Mahmoud, David Shenouda, Lilian Azab, Maya Abdelhemid, Mohamed A. Aldemerdash, Akshay Kumar, Amr Al-Demery, Magdy M. El-Sayed Ahmed

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

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(30 December 2025)

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Review Article

Early video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in blunt chest trauma: a narrative review of indications, outcomes, and evolving practice patterns

Andrew C. Maneval, Tejal S. Brahmbhatt

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

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(30 December 2025)

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Review Article

Future role of virtual and augmented reality in thoracic surgery: a narrative review

Dan Jones, Oliver S. Chow

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

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(30 December 2025)

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Review Article

The role of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in blunt and penetrating chest trauma: timing of intervention and clinical outcomes—a review of the current evidence

Akshay J. Patel, Matic Domjan, Haruchika Yamamoto

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2025;

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(30 December 2025)

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Review Article

Techniques to identify pulmonary nodules intraoperatively: narrative review on advances and clinical decision-making

Anthony Dame, Elisabeth Savonitto, Alison Wallace

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

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(30 December 2025)

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Surgical Technique

A new surgical technique of uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for thoracic endometriosis-related pneumothorax considering the extent of thoracic endometriosis lesions

Yuki Ito, Teruaki Mizobuchi, Yuki Tada, Akimu Sobue, Takayoshi Yamamoto, Kaoru Nagato

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(30 December 2025)

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Case Series

Video-assisted thoracoscopic epicardial pacemaker implantation: a Colombian case series

Víctor R. Bucheli, Luis E. Enríquez, Alberto Negrete, Efraín Gil, Andrés Gómez, Victory Effiom, Eric E. Vinck

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

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(30 December 2025)

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Original Article

Surgical skills training for VATS: lobectomy and anatomical segmentectomy on soft-embalmed human cadavers according to Thiel and Dodge—a first pilot study

Dariya Jaeger, Eric Hinrichs, Aylin Mumin, Morris Beshay, Volkan Kösek, Burkhard Thiel, Ludger Hillejan, Ralf Schoppe, Sven Schumann, Gebhard Reiss, Georg Feigl, Bassam Redwan

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

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(30 December 2025)

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Original Article

Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery resection of pericardial cysts: a retrospective single-center study

Maria Letizia Vita, Adriana Nocera, Khrystyna Kuzmych, Antonio Giulio Napolitano, Arianna Gallo, Claudia Bellettati, Claudia Leoni, Leonardo Petracca-Ciavarella, Maria Teresa Congedo, Elisa Meacci, Stefano Margaritora, Dania Nachira

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

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(30 December 2025)

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Case Report