TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical innovations in minimally invasive surgery in Korea
AU - Han, Kook Nam
AU - Kim, Hyun Koo
AU - Choi, Young Ho
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements Funding: This work was supported by a grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (NRF-2015R1A2A2A04005760) and "the Technology Innovation Program" (N0001689) funded By the Ministry of Trade, industry & Energy (MI, Korea).
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Over the past decade, the surgical approach to treating thoracic disease has shifted to minimally invasive surgery. Without compromising the outcomes, this approach may lead to fewer resections and fewer incisions for those resections. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a recent but major advancement that has become an established approach for major thoracic surgery. More recently, robotic surgery has been gaining recognition because it can overcome the limitations of VATS and encourage a minimally invasive approach. Indications and applications of many other innovative surgical techniques and strategies to improve overall survival have expanded rapidly. In this article, we do not represent all thoracic surgeries occurring in Korea and do not reflect the large active centers in the country. However, as one of the most innovative and active Korean centers for thoracic surgery and research, we reviewed our procedures and programs for thoracic surgery.
AB - Over the past decade, the surgical approach to treating thoracic disease has shifted to minimally invasive surgery. Without compromising the outcomes, this approach may lead to fewer resections and fewer incisions for those resections. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a recent but major advancement that has become an established approach for major thoracic surgery. More recently, robotic surgery has been gaining recognition because it can overcome the limitations of VATS and encourage a minimally invasive approach. Indications and applications of many other innovative surgical techniques and strategies to improve overall survival have expanded rapidly. In this article, we do not represent all thoracic surgeries occurring in Korea and do not reflect the large active centers in the country. However, as one of the most innovative and active Korean centers for thoracic surgery and research, we reviewed our procedures and programs for thoracic surgery.
KW - Image-guided thoracic surgery
KW - Minimal invasive thoracic surgery
KW - Robotic surgery
KW - Single port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (single port VATS)
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U2 - 10.21037/jtd.2016.06.40
DO - 10.21037/jtd.2016.06.40
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84990209981
VL - 8
SP - S627-S630
JO - Journal of Thoracic Disease
JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease
SN - 2072-1439
ER -