Spain's hallmark in Vatican: The Spanish medical science behind Pope Francis' lung operation

Thoracic surgeon Diego González Rivas, based in A Coruña, Spain, developed the Uniportal VATS technique, a minimally invasive ...
Medscape

Lung Cancer Death Risk Reduced With VATS Over Open Surgery

A new meta-analysis provided high-quality evidence demonstrating that video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) significantly reduces the risk for death by 21% compared with open lobectomy in ...
Medical Xpress

Video-assisted thoracoscopy surgery reduces mortality by 21% compared to lobectomy, meta-analysis suggests

Patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) compared to open lobectomy had a significantly improved overall survival rate, according to a meta-analysis presented at the ...
Medscape

Keyhole Rivals Open Surgery for Lung Cancer Resection

BARCELONA, Spain — Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for the treatment of early lung cancer leads to better in-hospital patient outcomes than open lobectomy without compromising oncologic ...
Stanford Daily

Thoracoscopic (VATS) Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis

Stanford surgeons have performed approximately over 200 sympathectomies over the past 10 years, representing a very extensive experience and demonstrating our significant commitment to the care of ...