Better pulmonary function and prognosis with video-assisted thoracic surgery than with thoracotomy Shizuka Kaseda, MD, Teruhiro Aoki, MD, Nanae Hangai, MD, Kunihiko Shimizu, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 70, Issue 5, Pages 1644-1646 (November 2000) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01909-3
Fig 1 Positions of access thoracotomy and additional incisions to facilitate lymph node dissection as well as lobectomy. (Reprinted from Kaseda S, Aoki T, Hangai N. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy. The Japanese experience. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998;10:300–4 with the permission of W.B. Saunders Company.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 70, 1644-1646DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01909-3)
Fig 2 Ratio of postoperative to preoperative vital capacity. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 70, 1644-1646DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01909-3)
Fig 3 Ratio of postoperative to preoperative forced expiratory volume in 1 second. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 70, 1644-1646DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01909-3)
Fig 4 Survival of patients with stage I lung cancer undergoing video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy and open thoracotomy. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 70, 1644-1646DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01909-3)