Thoracoscopic surgery, video-thoracoscopic surgery, or VATS: a confusion in definition

Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intrapleural Chemotherapy for Malignant Pleural Diseases: Preliminary Experience

“…Criteria of inclusions in the study are showed in Box 1. Tumor diagnosis must be hystologically or cytologically confirmed via CT guided biopsy, cytologic examination of the pleural fluid or VATS [9,10] and PET scan is necessary to rule out distant and occult metastasis. When surgery is planned, and after informed consent is obtained, a pre-and post-operative hydration is administered with intravenous fluids at 150 ml/h for 12 h prior to surgery to reduce renal and hematologic toxicity.…”

“…Surgery is performed using a VATS approach and a mini thoracotomy of 6-8 cm spreading the ribs with a small retractor [10]. The goal is to obtain a macroscopic cytoreduction in order to remove as much as macroscopic diseases involving the parietal (Figure 1) and visceral pleura.…”

Comparison of Diagnostic Yield and Safety between Semirigid Pleuroscopic Cryobiopsy and Forceps Biopsy for Undiagnosed Pleural Effusion

“…Under thoracoscopy, physicians can use the scopes and a single-port incision to inspect, biopsy, and perform thoracic procedures. By introducing video-assisted cameras offering a panoramic view of the hemithorax instead of the previous tunnel-like view with direct vision, VATS is commonly used in surgical practice [12]. Initially, the VATS procedures employ a multiport approach, with one port used for visualization and additional ports for instrumentation.…”

Uniportal, single incision VATS for the skeptics

“…The reason why we decided to call the special issue uniportal-single incision VATS is not only due to the never-ending dilemma with the definition (5,6), but also to the pragmatic results which can be obtained from PUBMED. Roughly, at April 29, 2018 when the search words were "Uniportal VATS" 389 titles were available, while when the search word was "Single Incision VATS", the papers were 267.…”