BACKGROUND: This prospective study was conducted to investigate the value of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for staging and therapy of @entity5 . METHODS: VATS was performed in 86 @entity1 presenting peripheral pulmonary nodules. Indications for thoracoscopy included diagnosis of indeterminated @entity358 (n = 55), staging of disseminated disease (n = 24), and therapeutic interventions (n = 7). Previous or simultaneous @entity5 belonged to gastrointestinal tract (n = 27), @entity242 (n = 19), breast (n = 12), and miscellaneous. VATS was carried out under general anesthesia using double lumen intubation. RESULTS: VATS was successfully performed in 78% of @entity1 . It was converted in 19 @entity1 (22%) because of adhesions (n = 12), technical problems (n = 3), and lesions not to be found (n = 4). VATS revealed @entity5 in 81% and benign lesions in 19%. Additional information compared to conventional staging was obtained in 48%, resulting in therapeutic consequences in 34% of the @entity1 . @entity260 related to VATS were observed in nine @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: In this study, VATS proved to be a sensitive technique for staging of @entity358 . Thoracoscopic wedge resection may have significant impact on the operative management of carefully selected @entity1 with @entity358 .

Video-assisted thoracic surgery. Staging and management of XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity242 :: ('MESH:D012509', 'Disease') :: ['sarcoma'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['thoracic tumors', 'malignancy', 'tumors'] @entity260 :: ('MESH:D011183', 'Disease') :: ['Postoperative complications'] @entity358 :: ('MESH:D008171', 'Disease') :: ['pulmonary lesions', 'peripheral pulmonary lesions']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['thoracic tumors']
