TY - JOUR AU - Gonzalez-Rivas, Diego AU - Delgado, Maria AU - Fieira, Eva AU - Mendez, LucĂ­a AU - Fernandez, Ricardo AU - de la Torre, Mercedes PY - 2013 TI - Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic pneumonectomy JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 5, Supplement 3 (August 31, 2013): Journal of Thoracic Disease (Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery) Y2 - 2013 KW - N2 - Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) was introduced nearly 2 decades ago and has experienced an exponential increase for lung cancer treatment. A pneumonectomy can be performed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and the lung usually fits through the incision as usually used for VATS lobectomy. The most common approach for pneumonectomy is undertaken with 3 or 4 incisions, including a utility incision of about 3-6 cm. However, this resection is amenable by using only a single utility-incision. This chapter describes the technique for pneumonectomies by single-incision thoracoscopic approach with no rib spreading. UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/1378