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VATS
(redirected from Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery)

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VATSVideo-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (aka keyhole surgery of the chest)
VATSVideo Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
VATSVault-Tec Assisted Targeting System (video game)
VATSVehicle Anti-Theft System (automotive)
VATSVirginia Assistive Technology System
VATSValue Added Transition System
VATSVibration Analysis Test Set
VATSVideo Augmented Tracking System
VATSValue-Added Telecommunications Service (Advantis)
VATSVertical Assembly Test Stand
VATSVertical-Lift Airfield for Tactical Support
VATSVery Amateur Tasting Society (South Africa)
VATSVerizon Advanced Termination System
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10 Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has advantages over open thoracotomy, such as less postoperative pain and morbidity, earlier mobilisation leading to shorter hospital stays and lower costs, and smaller scars.
Review article: Approach-related complications of open versus ... by K M C Cheung and S Al Ghazi / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and wedge biopsy of the lung revealed lymph node pathology, epithelioid granulomata with Langhans giant cells and lymphohistiocytic aggregates.
Active pulmonary tuberculosis with vertebra and rib involvement: case ... by Uyar, Mehtap E. / Southern Medical Journal
Pleural biopsy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery showed no evidence of malignancy, but heavy lymphoplasmacytic infiltration and chronic necrotizing granulomatous inflammation were found (Figure, panel C).
Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis by Kuo, Sow-Hsong / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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