Volume 115, Issue 6, Pages 1753-1755 (June 1999) Is Minimally Invasive Outpatient Pneumonectomy the Current Standard of Care for Lung Cancer? Tovar Eduardo A. , MD, FCCP CHEST Volume 115, Issue 6, Pages 1753-1755 (June 1999) DOI: 10.1016/S0012-3692(15)38325-2 Copyright © 1999 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 This patient underwent a traditional posterolateral thoracotomy for diagnostic purposes in another institution. Aspiration of an abscess followed a 9-day hospital stay. Five months later, following failure of medical therapy, I performed right upper and middle lobectomies through the upper incision. The patient was discharged home the day after surgery. CHEST 1999 115, 1753-1755DOI: (10.1016/S0012-3692(15)38325-2) Copyright © 1999 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions