About this Research Topic
The history of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery was an evolution, not a revolution. The concept of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) or robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) to significantly reduce the trauma of chest operations was born over two decades ago. Since then, it has undergone a series of step-wise modifications and improvements.
Fluorescence-guided surgery adoption is constantly expanding in these approaches. Fluorescence-guided surgery could be helpful in intersegmental plane identification, tumour localisation, sentinel lymph node recognition, the assessment of resection margin assessment, and the evaluation of tissue perfusion.
We aim to present the current management, the clinical and patient-reported outcomes, and the economic and organisational impact of the future developments of Fluorescence-guided surgery.
We welcome systematic reviews, original research, economic evaluation, and cost-effectiveness studies on this relevant topic.
Fluorescence-guided surgery adoption is constantly expanding in these approaches. Fluorescence-guided surgery could be helpful in intersegmental plane identification, tumour localisation, sentinel lymph node recognition, the assessment of resection margin assessment, and the evaluation of tissue perfusion.
We aim to present the current management, the clinical and patient-reported outcomes, and the economic and organisational impact of the future developments of Fluorescence-guided surgery.
We welcome systematic reviews, original research, economic evaluation, and cost-effectiveness studies on this relevant topic.
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