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Video-assisted thoracoscopy surgery reduces mortality by 21% compared to lobectomy, meta-analysis suggests

Patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) compared to open lobectomy had a significantly improved overall survival rate, according to a meta-analysis presented at the ...
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Video-assisted thoracoscopy with two-lung ventilation and CO2 insufflation in primary spontaneous pneumothorax: Propensity score matching comparison

• Our study demonstrates that compared to the conventional approach using one-lung ventilation (OLV) with double-lumen endotracheal intubation, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for primary ...
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Medical Thoracoscopy Not the Only Good Way to Biopsy Complex Pleural Effusion

For the diagnosis of people with pleural effusion, an initial image-assisted Abrams needle biopsy (IA-ANPB) can match medical thoracoscopy (MT) in diagnostic accuracy in some cases, a small randomized ...
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Video assisted thoracoscopy surgery reduces mortality by 21 percent compared to lobectomy

(Barcelona, Spain September 8, 2025, 10:45 a.m. CEST / UTC +2) – Patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) compared to open lobectomy had a significantly improved overall ...