Impact of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery on Benign Resections for Solitary Pulmonary Nodules Elbert Kuo, MD, MPH, Ankit Bharat, MD, Nicholas Bontumasi, BS, Czarina Sanchez, BS, Jennifer Bell Zoole, BS, G. Alexander Patterson, MD, Bryan F. Meyers, MD, MPH The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 93, Issue 1, Pages 266-273 (January 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.08.035 Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Percentage of cases performed by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) from 1995 to 2009 for (A) wedge resections and (B) lobectomies. Actual number of cases represented by numbers on top of columns. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 93, 266-273DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.08.035) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A) Benign resection rate from 1995 to 2009. (B) Benign resection rate for wedge resections and lobectomies between 2006 and 2009. Actual number of cases represented by numbers on top of columns. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 93, 266-273DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.08.035) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions