Laparoscopic cholecystectomy from two accesses – experience of domestic authors

• Kononets P.V.
• Grigorchuk A.Y.

Abstract

For a long time thoracoscopic approach was used for diagnostics and minimally invasive surgery. Rapid surgical techniques development and high-definition video systems appearance has significantly increased the thoracic surgeons' capabilities. During the last decade due to a number advantages of thoracoscopic surgery over open surgery it has gradually become the main method of surgical treatment for early-stage lung cancer and widely implemented in everyday practice. Among the advantages of thoracoscopic surgery it is necessary to notice minimizing the trauma of surgical access and blood loss, period of hospitalization significant reduction, reducing the amount of narcotic analgesics or lack of necessity for their prescribing, reducing the frequency of postoperative complications such as pneumonia and heart rhythm disorders. The article describes the experience of thoracoscopic anatomic lung resections performing ibn case of various diseases. This experience was accumulated in the department of thoracic surgery at the Petrovsky National Research Centre of Surgery.

Keywords:thoracoscopic lobectomy, lung cancer, thoracoscopic lymphadenectomy

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