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Video-assisted thoracic surgery—The past, present status and the future

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Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has developed very rapidly in these two decades, and has replaced conventional open thoracotomy as a standard procedure for some simple thoracic operations as well as an option or a complementary procedure for some other more complex operations. In this paper we will review its development history, the present status and the future perspectives.

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Luh, Sp., Liu, Hp. Video-assisted thoracic surgery—The past, present status and the future. J. Zhejiang Univ. - Sci. B 7, 118–128 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.2006.B0118

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