10 patients were treated by video-assisted-thoracoscopic surgery with laser in this article. No patient has complications of intrathoracic infection and air leakage of lung or died from the operation. Without opening the chest, it has less trauma as well as a better homeostatic effect. It is available for the patients who are old or have poor cardio-pulmonary function.

Date Published: 2 November 1998
PDF: 3 pages
Proc. SPIE 3344, 1997 Shanghai International Conference on Laser Medicine and Surgery, (2 November 1998); doi: 10.1117/12.330148

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 3344:
1997 Shanghai International Conference on Laser Medicine and Surgery
Jing Zhu, Editor(s)