%0 Journal Article %T Access instruments for video assisted surgery: combination of mini-invasivity and universality %A De Caridi, Giovanni %A Massara, Mafalda %A Serra, Raffaele %A Monaco, Francesco %A Benedetto, Filippo %J Journal of Thoracic Disease %D 2019 %B 2019 %9 %! Access instruments for video assisted surgery: combination of mini-invasivity and universality %K %X The idea of operating through fewer surgical incisions and, therefore, with potentially better cosmesis, less postoperative pain and paraesthesia, is becoming increasingly more preferable. For these reasons, Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) came into widespread use in the early 1990s. VATS’ instrumentation includes conventional thoracic or laparoscopic instruments such as a camera-linked fiber-optic scope of variable diameters. %U https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/27918 %P S1375-S1376 %@ 2077-6624