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Review Article 
Cost-effectiveness and clinical utility of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in hemodynamically stable thoracic trauma: a narrative review
Mohamed Rahouma, Hosny Mohsen, Alzahraa Mahmoud, David Shenouda, Lilian Azab, Maya Abdelhemid, Mohamed A. Aldemerdash, Akshay Kumar, Amr Al-Demery, Magdy M. El-Sayed Ahmed
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery  
2025;
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36
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Review Article 
Future role of virtual and augmented reality in thoracic surgery: a narrative review
Dan Jones, Oliver S. Chow
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery  
2025;
10:
34
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Review Article 
Techniques to identify pulmonary nodules intraoperatively: narrative review on advances and clinical decision-making
Anthony Dame, Elisabeth Savonitto, Alison Wallace
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery  
2025;
10:
32
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Surgical Technique 
A new surgical technique of uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for thoracic endometriosis-related pneumothorax considering the extent of thoracic endometriosis lesions
Yuki Ito, Teruaki Mizobuchi, Yuki Tada, Akimu Sobue, Takayoshi Yamamoto, Kaoru Nagato
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery  
2025;
10:
31
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Case Series 
Video-assisted thoracoscopic epicardial pacemaker implantation: a Colombian case series
Víctor R. Bucheli, Luis E. Enríquez, Alberto Negrete, Efraín Gil, Andrés Gómez, Victory Effiom, Eric E. Vinck
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery  
2025;
10:
30
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Original Article 
Surgical skills training for VATS: lobectomy and anatomical segmentectomy on soft-embalmed human cadavers according to Thiel and Dodge—a first pilot study
Dariya Jaeger, Eric Hinrichs, Aylin Mumin, Morris Beshay, Volkan Kösek, Burkhard Thiel, Ludger Hillejan, Ralf Schoppe, Sven Schumann, Gebhard Reiss, Georg Feigl, Bassam Redwan
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery  
2025;
10:
29
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Original Article 
Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery resection of pericardial cysts: a retrospective single-center study
Maria Letizia Vita, Adriana Nocera, Khrystyna Kuzmych, Antonio Giulio Napolitano, Arianna Gallo, Claudia Bellettati, Claudia Leoni, Leonardo Petracca-Ciavarella, Maria Teresa Congedo, Elisa Meacci, Stefano Margaritora, Dania Nachira
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery  
2025;
10:
28
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Review Article 
Complex robotic segmentectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung carcinoma: a narrative review of indications, technique, and outcomes
Susana Fortich, David Moros, Diego M. Avella, Dao M. Nguyen, Nestor R. Villamizar
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery  
2025;
10:
25
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Review Article 
The role of VATS for retained hemothorax in trauma: a narrative review
Benjamin Zollinger, Kei Suzuki, Stefan Leichtle
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery  
2025;
10:
24
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Review Article 
The role of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) in the management of thoracic stab wounds: a narrative review
Shir Gutman, Fahim Kanani, Nir Messer, Adam Lee Goldstein, Mordechai Shimonov, Moshe Kamar, Anas Salhab, Firas Abu Akar
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery  
2025;
10:
23
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Review Article 
Impact of smoking on postoperative pulmonary complications following video assisted thoracoscopic pulmonary resection: a literature review
John A. Kucera, Robert Young, Jared Antevil, Gregory D. Trachiotis
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery  
2025;
10:
22
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Review Article 
Perioperative anesthetic considerations for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, an updated narrative review
Hanna T. Schittek, Matthew D. VanderHoek
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery  
2025;
10:
21
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Review Article 
Perioperative rehabilitation and the impact of multidisciplinary teams following video-assisted thoracoscopic pulmonary resection: a narrative review
Robert W. C. Young, Olivia Heutlinger, Sheng Dong, Benjamin Scott, John Kucera, Jared L. Antevil, Gregory D. Trachiotis
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery  
2025;
10:
19
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Review Article 
Preoperative cardiopulmonary assessment for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) pulmonary resection: a narrative review
Robert W. C. Young, John Kucera, Jared L. Antevil, Gregory D. Trachiotis
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery  
2025;
10:
18
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Review Article 
Patient selection for video-assisted thoracic surgery pulmonary resection: a narrative review
Robert W. C. Young, John Kucera, Jared L. Antevil, Gregory D. Trachiotis
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery  
2025;
10:
17
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Editorial Commentary 
The best strategy to control pain after thoracic surgery: multimodal strategy against pain
Alessandro Rizzi, Federico Raveglia, Marco Scarci, Ugo Cioffi, Alessandro Baisi
Published online: 30 December 2019
Review Article 
Postoperative delirium in older adults: a surgeon’s guide and clinical practice review
Samuel M. Miller, Kimberly M. Glerum, Richard N. Jones, Ferhat Yildiz, Mark R. Katlic, Matthew Vrees, William Cioffi, Richard W. Besdine, Sevdenur Cizginer
Published online: 30 December 2022
Review Article 
The ethics of robotic surgical systems is a conversation of informed consent
Sean C. Wightman, Elizabeth A. David, Scott M. Atay, Anthony W. Kim, Peter Angelos
Published online: 15 September 2020
Review Article 
Anesthesia considerations for robotic thoracic surgery
Alexandra Ruan, Vivek Kulkarni
Published online: 15 March 2020
Review Article 
Use of gastropexy for paraesophageal hernias—a narrative review
Renee L. Levesque, Evan T. Alicuben, Chigozirim Ekeke, James D. Luketich, Inderpal S. Sarkaria
Published online: 30 September 2022
Review Article 
Follow up and surveillance post lung cancer surgery: a narrative review
Bejoy Philip, Anchal Jain, Pranav Ramesh, Naomi Melamed, Mashal Qureshi, Iqra Ahmed, Amer Harky
Published online: 06 February 2023
Review Article 
Clinical history and surgical management of parapneumonic empyema what is the role of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)?
Duilio Divisi, Francesca Gabriele, Mirko Barone, Gino Zaccagna, William Di Francescantonio, Roberto Crisci
Published online: 21 September 2017
Perspective 
Robotic is better than VATS? Ten good reasons to prefer robotic versus manual VATS surgery in lung cancer patients
Michela Solinas, Pierluigi Novellis, Giulia Veronesi
Published online: 18 September 2017
Review Article 
VATS mediastinal lymph node dissection: surgical technique and literature review
Luigi Gaetano Andriolo, Danilo Alunni Fegatelli, Alessandra Spagnoli, Gaetano Di Rienzo
Published online: 15 March 2022
Review Article 
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in the management of malignant pleural disease
Giulia Luciano, David A. Waller
Published online: 06 September 2018
Review Article 
VATS-lymph node dissection, staging and restaging in advanced malignancy/the Munich experience
Andreas Hiebinger, Dietmar Öfner-Velano, Johannes Bodner
Published online: 23 July 2018
Review Article 
Video-assisted thoracic surgery for esophagectomy: evolution and prosperity
Wei Guo, Jie Xiang, Su Yang, Hecheng Li
Published online: 06 January 2017
Editorial 
Positive margins after lung cancer surgery: is postoperative radiotherapy worth the burn?
Basheer Elsolh, Alexander Adibfar, Vaibhav Gupta, Elliot Wakeam
Published online: 10 May 2018
Review Article 
Non-intubated anesthetic techniques for thoracic surgery
Emma Louise Coley, Joanne Frances Irons
Published online: 10 October 2017
Review Article 
Left-sided video-assisted thoracic surgery thymectomy
Tommaso Claudio Mineo, Francesco Sellitri, Vincenzo Ambrogi
Published online: 03 June 2017
Review Article 
Right sided VATS thymectomy: “current standards of extended thymectomy for myasthenia gravis”
Erkan Kaba, Tugba Cosgun, Kemal Ayalp, Mazen Rasmi Alomari, Alper Toker
Published online: 23 May 2017