ReviewJournal of thoracic disease2016
Non-intubated video-assisted thoracic surgery: where does evidence stand?
Review in Journal of thoracic disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy and Awake Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery in Interstitial Lung Disease: Complementary Roles in a Stepwise Diagnostic Approach.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Thoracoscopic-assisted right thoracic approach for resection of proximal left main bronchial adenoid cystic carcinoma.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Tubeless uniportal VATS in thoracic surgery - Indications, ERAS pathways, and outcomes: A review.Biomolecules & biomedicine · 2026Review
- Thoracic Segmental Spinal Anesthesia for Bullectomy in a Patient With Severe Pulmonary Compromise: A Case Report.Case reports in anesthesiology · 2026Article
- From Awake to Minimalist Spontaneous Ventilation Thoracoscopic Mediastinum Surgery: How Far Are We?Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Awake videothoracoscopic anatomic lung resections for non-small cell lung cancer under thoracic paravertebral block: clinical experiences.BMC surgery · 2025Article
- Awake thoracoscopic non-anatomic pulmonary resections under thoracic paravertebral block: Results of a tertiary referral centre.Journal of minimal access surgery · 2025Article
- Spontaneous Ventilation Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy in Undetermined Interstitial Lung Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Postoperative pulmonary complications in awake video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: Our 10-year experience.Turk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi · 2024Article
- Case report: Simultaneous resections of pulmonary segment and an esophageal leiomyoma during spontaneous ventilation video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- [Perioperative pain therapy in minimally invasive thoracic surgery].Die Anaesthesiologie · 2023Review
- Nonintubated versus Intubated Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in Patients with End-Stage Lung Emphysema and Hypercapnia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Thoracic surgery in the non-intubated spontaneously breathing patient.Respiratory research · 2022Review
- [Current approaches to anesthetic management in thoracic surgery-An evaluation from the German Thoracic Registry].Die Anaesthesiologie · 2022Article
- Anesthetic (r)evolution from the conventional concept to the minimally invasive techniques in thoracic surgery-narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2022Review
- Non-intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery under combination of erector spinae plane block and thoracic paravertebral block.BMC anesthesiology · 2022Article
- Airway management and anesthesia for airway surgery: a narrative review.Translational lung cancer research · 2021Review
- Uniportal VATS pleural biopsy in the diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion: awake or intubated?Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2021Article
- Procedural times in early non-intubated VATS program - a propensity score analysis.BMC anesthesiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
In recent years, non-intubated video-assisted thoracic surgery (NIVATS) strategies are gaining popularity worldwide. The main goal of this surgical practice is to achieve an overall improvement of patients' management and outcome thanks to the avoidance of side-effects related to general anesthesia (GA) and one-lung ventilation. The spectrum of expected benefits is multifaceted and includes reduced postoperative morbidity, faster discharge, decreased hospital costs and a globally reduced perturbation of patients' well-being status. We have conducted a literature search to evaluate the available evidence on this topic. Meta-analysis of collected results was also done where appropriate. Despite some fragmentation of data and potential biases, the available data suggest that NIVATS operations can reduce operative morbidity and hospital stay when compared to equipollent procedures performed under GA. Larger, well designed prospective studies are thus warranted to assess the effectiveness of NIVATS as far as to investigate comprehensively the various outcomes. Multi-institutional and multidisciplinary cooperation will be welcome to establish uniform study protocols and to help address the questions that are to be answered yet.
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