[Comment] Complications during minimal invasive thoracic surgery: are new surgeons prepared?

The approach to surgery of the thorax has substantially evolved in the past decade. Although open techniques (thoracotomy) are still used in lung cancer surgery today, most lung resections can be safely done by video-assisted thoracic surgery. In the past 5 years, robotic-assisted thoracic surgery has also used new technology to facilitate minimal invasive surgery. In 2017, it is already well established that minimal invasive surgery to resect lung tumours provides equivalent oncological benefits to, with less pain and more rapid recovery than, open surgery procedures.

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