文档介绍：Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
(VATS)
Todd L. Demmy, .
University of Missouri-Columbia
Ellis Fischel Cancer Center
Columbia, Missouri, .
L A N D E S
B I O S C I E N C E
ETOWN, TEXAS
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VADEMECUM
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)
LANDES BIOSCIENCE
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) / [edited by] Demmy, Todd L.
p.;cm.--(Vademecum)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-57059-632-8 (spiral)
1. Chest--Endoscopic surgery. 2. Thoracoscopy. :VATS. II. Demmy, Todd L. III. Series.
[DNLM: 1. Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted. WF 980 v652 2001]
2001
´4059--dc21 00-065534
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Chapter 1
Overview and General
Considerations
for Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
Todd L. Demmy
History and Definitions
The contemporary practice