Frontiers of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, an Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics

This issue of the "Thoracic Surgery Clinics" is devoted to Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery and will address the following topics: VATS short term and long term outcomes; VATS/ robotic pulmonary resections; the hybrid (open/VATS) technique and centrally located NSCLC; complications of VATS lobectomy; cost-effectiveness analysis; uniportal VATS for diagnosis and treatment of intrathoracic conditions; awake operative VATS pulmonary resections; outpatient thoracic surgery; and, the future evolution of the thoracic surgical practice and other topics.