TY - JOUR AU - Fourdrain, Alex AU - Leviel, Florent AU - Lafitte, Sophie AU - Berna, Pascal PY - 2019 TI - Intraoperative conversion: it happens, we should smartly deal with it JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 11, No 8 (August 31, 2019): Journal of Thoracic Disease Y2 - 2019 KW - N2 - Switching our approach intraoperatively from a minimally invasive to an open procedure, also known as intraoperative conversion, exist inherently since the implementation of the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). This intraoperative change of course has become a major concern especially with the spread of VATS in lung cancer surgery. Despite its prevention and because of its ineluctability, this intraoperative event is often seen as a complication or a failure, and remains somewhat of a taboo. UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/30663