Port-Site Recurrences in Thoracoscopic Surgery

摘要: Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) procedures have been rapidly adopted by surgeons for the management of surgical problems. In relation to cancer, and example, radical esophagectomies (Collard et al. 1993) pulmonary lobectomies (Roviaro 1992; Kirby 1993; Walker performed with success. However, only incomplete information is available as effectiveness, possible complications VATS utilized cancer. Both parietal seeding early local recurrence anecdotally reported in literature after such operations. This chapter will review most serious concern about thoracoscopy when used potentially curative resection a malignancy, which that it may be associated an increased risk tumor implantation within operative field.