Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: a consensus report from the Uniportal VATS Interest Group (UVIG) of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)

Bertolaccini L., Batirel H. F., Brunelli A., Gonzalez-Rivas D., Ismail M., Ucar A. M., ...More

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY, vol.56, no.2, pp.224-229, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 56 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1093/ejcts/ezz133
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.224-229
  • Keywords: Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, Single site incision, Lung cancer, Consensus, Delphi approach, THORACOSCOPIC LOBECTOMY
  • Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Our goal was to report the results of the first consensus paper among international experts in uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (UniVATS) lobectomy obtained through a Delphi process, the objective of which was to define and standardize the main procedural steps, optimize its indications and perioperative management and identify elements to assist in future training.