This focused issue on“Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery in Italy: State of the Art”, guest edited by Dr. Roberto Crisci and Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, aims to review the Italian experience in minimally invasive thoracic surgery and addresses the potential benefits and limitations of the VATS and RATS in the thoracic surgical procedures.
Preface
The state of the art of the minimally invasive thoracic surgery in Italy
Review Article on Thoracic Surgery
Physiopathology aspects of anatomical video-assisted thoracic surgery resections: current status and prospects of development
Review Article on Thoracic Surgery
VATS segmentectomy: an underused option?
Original Article on Thoracic Surgery
Thoracoscopic lobectomy for locally advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer is a feasible and safe approach: analysis from multi-institutional national database
Review Article on Robotic Surgery
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy learning curve: what program should be offered in a residency course?
Review Article on Robotic Surgery
Cost/efficacy evaluation of the technologies applied to video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy
Review Article on Robotic Surgery
Robotic lobectomies: when and why?
Review Article on Robotic Surgery
Minimally invasive and robotic esophagectomy: state of the art
Review Article on Robotic Surgery
Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery thymectomy
Surgical Technique on Thoracic Surgery
VATS thymectomy for early stage thymoma and myasthenia gravis: combined right-sided uniportal and left-sided three-portal approach
Perspective on Thoracic Surgery