Evolution of Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in the Caribbean.

Caribbean Region Humans Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / methods Thoracotomy / methods
Caribbean Minimally invasive thoracic surgery Resource poor VATS Video assisted thoracic surgery

Journal

International journal of surgery (London, England)
ISSN: 1743-9159
Titre abrégé: Int J Surg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101228232

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Dec 2019
Historique:
received: 17 02 2019
revised: 13 05 2019
accepted: 22 05 2019
pubmed: 1 6 2019
medline: 27 2 2020
entrez: 1 6 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) has become the mainstay of thoracic procedures in developed countries. The benefits of VATS over a thoracotomy, and its equivalency in oncologic resections has been clearly established. The introduction of this minimally invasive approach to thoracic surgery to the Caribbean has been a slow progression. The main restrictions to the full implantation of VATS in the resource poor Caribbean setting has been obtaining material resources, developing the necessary human resources, and the small case loads. Each territory has adopted its own innovative approach to getting VATS programmes started. We review the current status of VATS in the English speaking Caribbean.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.05.012 PMID: 31150801
pubmed: 31150801
pii: S1743-9191(19)30118-9
doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.05.012
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

19-22

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Auteurs

Alan Smith (A)

University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados. Electronic address: dralanismith@gmail.com.

Ian Ramnarine (I)

University of the West Indies, Mount Hope Medical Complex, Trinidad. Electronic address: triniheart@gmail.com.

Patrice Pinkney (P)

University Hospital of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. Electronic address: patriceapinkney@gmail.com.

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