introduction: medical thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure for diagnosing and treating pleural diseases. despite its proven role in diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, it is infrequently used, which could be because of cost of equipment and lack of training. we analyzed our initial 3 years record of thoracoscopy at himalayan institute of medical sciences, a tertiary care center in hi...

Introduction: Medical thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure for diagnosing and treating pleural diseases. Despite its proven role in diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, it is infrequently used, which could be because of cost of equipment and lack of training. We analyzed our initial 3 years record of thoracoscopy at Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, a tertiary care center in Hi...

This article discusses the potential benefits and challenges of minimally invasive surgery for infants and small children, and discusses why pediatric minimally invasive surgery is not yet the surgical default or standard of care. Minimally invasive methods offer advantages such as smaller incisions, decreased risk of infection, greater surgical precision, decreased cost of care, reduced length...

The role of thoracoscopy in the management of patients with chest injuries is constantly being redefined as more reports on its use continue to emerge in the literature. As of today video-thoracoscopy has been used mainly as a diagnostic tool for certain occult injuries, such as of the diaphragm, as well as a minimally invasive management option in specific therapeutic situations including earl...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE Comparison of the mini-thoracotomy (mini-TTA) and thoracoscopy for the treatment of calcified thoracic herniated disc. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Thoracoscopy has been popularized at the cost of the traditional thoracotomy for the treatment of calcified herniated discs. However, the learning curve is steep. Given the low incidence of hern...

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) allows diagnostic and/or therapeutic surgical procedures to be performed using very small incisions through which a camera and instruments are placed inside body cavities. We can visualise a magnified high quality image of the interior of these body cavities and joints using a highresolution monitor. Video-assisted surgery (VAS) is a surgical modality halfway be...

Introduction: Minimally invasive esophage-ctomy for esophageal cancer is the surgical treatment-of-choice, and comprises both thoracoscopy and laparoscopy. The risk of hypoxemia arises during one-lung ventilation in the thoracoscopy stage, especially for patients with reduced lung function, and thus poses significant threat to the surgical outcome. This case report aims to demonstrate one possi...

The rapid expansion of minimally invasive techniques for corpectomy in the thoracic spine provides promise to redefine treatment options in this region. Techniques have evolved permitting anterior, lateral, posterolateral, and midline posterior corpectomy in a minimally invasive fashion. We review the numerous techniques that have been described, including thoracoscopy, tubular retraction, and ...

Esophageal resection remains the only curative option in high grade dysplasia of the Barrett esophagus and non metastasized esophageal cancer. In addition, it may also be an adequate treatment in selected cases of benign disease. A wide variety of minimally invasive procedures have become available in esophageal surgery. Aim of the present review article is to evaluate minimally invasive proced...