Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
"Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Endoscopic surgery of the pleural cavity performed with visualization via video transmission.
| Descriptor ID |
D020775
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.388.250.840.830 E01.370.388.250.950.830 E04.502.250.840.830 E04.502.250.950.830 E04.928.752.830
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| Concept/Terms |
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted- Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
- Surgeries, Video-Assisted Thoracic
- Surgery, Video-Assisted Thoracic
- Thoracic Surgeries, Video-Assisted
- Thoracic Surgery, Video Assisted
- Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgeries
- Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
- Surgeries, Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic
- Surgery, Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic
- Thoracoscopic Surgeries, Video-Assisted
- Thoracoscopic Surgery, Video-Assisted
- Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
- Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgeries
- Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
- Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery
- Surgery, Thoracic, Video-Assisted
- VATS
- VATSs
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted" by people in Profiles.
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Shehata DG, Digesu CS, Lopez E, Vigna C, Moffatt-Bruce S, Stock CT, Servais EL, Watkins AA. Robotic-Assisted Pleurectomy Is a Safe and Effective Surgical Treatment for Spontaneous Pneumothorax. J Surg Res. 2024 Oct; 302:944-948.
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Watkins AA, Rizvi TZ, Lopez E, Shehata D, Ssemaganda H, Lin Z, Stock CT, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Servais EL. Trends and comparative outcomes between operative approaches for segmentectomy in lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 Mar; 169(3):745-752.e2.
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Grant HM, Knee A, Coulter AP, Tirabassi MV. Factors Associated With Successful Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Traumatic Hemothorax in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Surg Res. 2022 11; 279:748-754.
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Servais EL, Miller DL, Thibault D, Hartwig MG, Kosinski AS, Stock CT, Price T, Quadri SM, D'Agostino RS, Burfeind WR. Conversion to Thoracotomy During Thoracoscopic vs Robotic Lobectomy: Predictors and Outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 08; 114(2):409-417.
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Grant HM, Knee A, Tirabassi MV. Factors Associated with Successful Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery and Thoracotomy in the Management of Traumatic Hemothorax. J Surg Res. 2022 01; 269:83-93.
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Su L, Ho H, Stock CT, Quadri SM, Williamson C, Servais EL. Surgeon Experience Is Associated With Prolonged Air Leak After Robotic-assisted Pulmonary Lobectomy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 08; 114(2):434-441.
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Watkins AA, Quadri SM, Servais EL. Robotic-Assisted Complex Pulmonary Resection: Sleeve Lobectomy for Cancer. Innovations (Phila). 2021 Mar-Apr; 16(2):132-135.
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Gill RR, Barlow J, Jaklitsch MT, Schmidlin EJ, Hartigan PM, Bueno R. Image-guided video-assisted thoracoscopic resection (iVATS): Translation to clinical practice-real-world experience. J Surg Oncol. 2020 Jun; 121(8):1225-1232.
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McLoughlin RJ, Rice S, Hirsh MP, Aidlen JT, Cleary MA. The Evolution of Surgical Management for Children and Young Adults With Spontaneous Pneumothorax. J Surg Res. 2020 06; 250:135-142.
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Brown CA, Kaji AH, Fantegrossi A, Carlson JN, April MD, Kilgo RW, Walls RM. Video Laryngoscopy Compared to Augmented Direct Laryngoscopy in Adult Emergency Department Tracheal Intubations: A National Emergency Airway Registry (NEAR) Study. Acad Emerg Med. 2020 02; 27(2):100-108.