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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 54, 490-492, Copyright © 1992 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Thoracoscopic lung biopsy

PP McKeown, P Conant and DS Hubbell
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa.

Progress in instrumentation and techniques developed for laparoscopic surgery have paved the way for a resurgent interest in thoracoscopic procedures. Traditional thoracoscopy was limited by access, restricted visualization, and surgical devices. Recent cases provided an opportunity to successfully perform thoracoscopic pulmonary wedge excisions using state-of-the-art technology and instruments adapted from laparoscopy. These preliminary cases provided an opportunity to modify and adapt these techniques to thoracic procedures. Video thoracoscopy is rapidly evolving in both methods and instrumentation.

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