TY - JOUR AU - Bertolaccini, Luca AU - Crisci, Roberto PY - 2019 TI - Surgical approaches to video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: a brief preface JF - Shanghai Chest; Vol 3 (January 2019): Shanghai Chest Y2 - 2019 KW - N2 - Approximately two decades ago, thoracic surgery witnessed the leap from thoracotomy to the first video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy. VATS lobectomy is now widely established as a safe and oncological sound technology that is the standard of care for early-stage lung cancer. Reduction of trauma, bleeding, pain, hospitalisation time and recovery for the patient, these, in short, the main advantages of minimally invasive surgery that for several years is now increasingly replacing the traditional thoracotomy in many pulmonary surgical indications. UR - https://shc.amegroups.org/article/view/4835