Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (often referred to as VATS, which stands for video-assisted thoracic surgery) refers to a form of minimally invasive surgery, by which physicians examine or treat (myopathology) of the chest (thorax), as well as the lungs, pleura, mediastinum, and occasionally the esophagus. Opened instead of excavating the ribs through large cuts and disseminating […]