Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)
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We use video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), a minimally invasive surgical technique, to diagnose and treat symptoms in the chest, including lung cancer.
During the VATS procedure, one or more small incisions, or “ports,” are made in the chest. Then, a thorascope (a type of endoscope with a small video camera) and surgical tools are inserted through the incision(s). The thorascope transmits an image of the chest cavity onto a video monitor to help guide the procedure.
VATS can be used to biopsy lung tissue and to perform complex procedures, such as lung resections (lobectomy).
This innovative procedure may result in less post-operative pain, fewer complications, and a shorter hospital stay than traditional surgical approaches, like thoracotomies, which require a single large incision in the chest.
Patients who have never undergone chest surgery are usually good candidates for VATS, as scar tissue can make accessing the chest cavity more challenging.
Surgery
- Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy / Fluorescence Bronchoscopy
- Autologous Fat Grafting (Breast Reconstruction)
- Brain Surgery (also see Neurosurgery)
- Breast Biopsy (see MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy)
- Breast Conservation (see Breast Reconstruction)
- Breast Reconstruction
- Breast Surgery
- Bronchoscopy
- Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspiration / Sonipet
- Celiac Plexus Neurolysis (CPN) / Celiac Plexus Block
- Colonoscopy
- Colorectal Surgeries
- Cystectomy
- Cystoscopy Surgical Procedures
- Cytoreductive Surgery
- Da Vinci® Surgical System
- Debulking (Cytoreductive) Surgery
- Diagnostic / Staging Surgery
- Endocrine Surgery
- Endoscopy
- Enteroscopy
- ERBEJET™ 2
- Esophagectomy
- Excisions / Resections
- Fat Grafting (Breast Reconstruction)
- Fiducial Marker Placement
- Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA)
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Fluorescence Bronchoscopy
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Procedures (esophagus, stomach, small and large bowel, rectum/anus)
- GelPOINT Advanced Access Platform
- Gynecologic Procedures
- Head and Neck Surgery
- Hematologic Surgery
- Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC)
- Interventional Pulmonology
- Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy (LRN)
- Laparoscopic Surgery
- Lumpectomy
- Lymph Node Biopsy
- Mastectomy
- Melanoma Surgery
- Microsurgery
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Multiple Lymph Node Biopsy
- NanoKnife®
- Nephrectomy (Partial or Radical)
- Neurosurgery
- Ocular Surgery
- Oncoplastic and Breast Reconstructive Surgery
- Orthopedic Oncology Procedures
- Palliative Surgery
- Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Placement
- Prostate Surgery
- Prostatectomy
- Protectomy (Rectum Resection)
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Reconstructive Surgery
- Rectum Resection (Protectomy)
- Resections
- Robotic Surgery (see da Vinci® Surgical System)
- Sarcoma Surgery (Soft Tissue)
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- Single Balloon Enteroscopy
- Splenic Surgery / Spleenectomy
- Stent Placement / Removal
- Thyroid Resection
- Thyroidectomy
- Urological Surgery
- Vascular Access Devices
- Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)
