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, Luca; Batirel, HASAN; Brunelli, Alessandro; Gonzalez-Rivas, Diego; Ismail, Mahmoud; Ucar, Antonio; Ng, Calvin; Scarci, Marco; Sihoe, Alan; Ugalde, Paula; Abu Akar, Firas; Bedetti, Benedetta; Bolufer Nadal, Sergio; Brandolini, Jury; Crucitti, Pierfilippo; Enyedi, Attila; Fernando, Hiran; Furak, Jozsef; Gallego-Poveda, Javier; Galvez-Munos, Carlos; Hanke, Ivo; Hernandez-Arenas, Luis; Janik, Miroslav; Juhos, Peter; Libretti, Lidia; Lucciarini, Paolo; Macri, Paolo; Margaritora, Stefano; Mahoozi, Hamid; Nachira, Dania; Pardolesi, Alessandro; Pischik, Vadim; Sagan, Dariusz; Schreurs, Hermien; Sekhniaidze, Dmitrii; Socci, Laura; Tosi, Davide; Turna, Akif; Vannucci, Fernando; Zielinski, Marcin; Rocco, Gaetano

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezz133

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 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 56 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2019
Doi Number: 10.1093/ejcts/ezz133
Title of Journal : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY
Page Numbers: pp.224-229

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.