French-window thoracotomy: postoperative pain avoidance for short-stay lung cancer surgery
Published in The Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
ObjectiveAlthough long years have passed since video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy (VL) appeared as a new approach for resection of lung cancer, its practicality is not clear even today. As the significance of VL has still been under discussion, it has not gained consensus of its superiority to standard lateral thoracotomy. However, we...
