Thoracoscopic versus open pulmonary metastasectomy: a prospective, sequentially controlled study
Chest, 06/12/2012
Eckardt J et al. – Modern video–assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) technology is increasingly used for pulmonary metastasectomy with therapeutic intent but several non–imaged and therefore unexpected nodules are frequent during subsequent observer blinded thoracotomy. A substantial proportion of these nodules are malignant and despite modern imaging and surgical technology they would have been missed if VATS was used exclusively for metastasectomy with therapeutic intent.



