Category: Thoracic Surgery Introduction: Currently, surgical resection is considered the best treatment available for early-stage lung cancer. In recent decades, minimally invasive procedures have revolutionized thoracic surgery, expanding the benefited patient population by reducing morbidity and mortality rates, incidence of complications, length of hospital stay and postoperative pain.() However, lung resections remain associated with significant morbidity and mortality, with national studies indicating a complication rate of 21.8% and an in-hospital mortality rate of 1.8% for video- assisted surgeries.() Concomitantly, various […]