Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: A Comparative Atlas
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 326-335 , Winter 2009

Single-Port Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (Uniportal) in the Routine General Thoracic Surgical Practice

  • Gaetano Rocco, MD, FRCS(Ed), FETCS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Gaetano Rocco, MD, FRCS(Ed), FETCS, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Pascale Foundation, Via Semmola 81, 80131 Naples, Italy

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  3. Rocco G. VATS lung biopsy (The uniportal technique). Multimed Man Cardiothor Surg. 2005;doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000356
  4. Salati M, Brunelli A, Rocco G. Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for diagnosis and treatment of intrathoracic conditions. Thorac Surg Clin. 2008;18:305–310
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 Dr. Rocco reports receiving advisory board fees and honoraria from US Surgical, Norwalk, CT.

PII: S1522-2942(09)00094-4

doi: 10.1053/j.optechstcvs.2009.08.002

Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: A Comparative Atlas
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 326-335 , Winter 2009

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