‌Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery pleurodesis is done in an operating room. It may take several hours. You will be given general anesthesia , medicine that will put you to sleep so you don ...

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a minimally invasive procedure that doctors use to diagnose and treat chest conditions. During a VATS procedure, a surgeon inserts a thin tube with a ...

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Despite the absence of pain signals, post-operative opioids control tachycardia and hypertension, highlighting the unique challenges in pain-insensitive individuals.

Robotic-assisted surgery for lung cancer is a type of video-assisted thoracic surgery, or VATS. It offers the same benefits as minimally invasive VATS. With robotic-assisted surgery, your surgeon uses ...

“In the 1990s, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) was introduced and became the standard surgical approach offered for the treatment of early-stage lung cancer,” authors wrote.

Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy is a pulmonary lobectomy procedure that is performed by a minimally invasive technique. A VATS lobectomy, or thoracoscopic lobectomy, procedure is performed ...