Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy is a pulmonary lobectomy procedure that is performed by a minimally invasive technique. A VATS lobectomy, or thoracoscopic lobectomy, procedure is performed ...

The world’s first VATS lobectomy — surgery to remove one of the lobes of the lungs — using a single incision was reported in 2011. At the Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, we performed the first ...

But with VATS or robotic surgery, you’ll typically go home sooner. Pain after lobectomy After surgery, you’ll get pain medication. And they’ll check your drainage tubes to make sure the ...