One hundred consecutive patients undergoing video-assisted thoracic operations

Expanded applications of diagnostic and therapeutic thoracoscopy

Akio Wakabayashi · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 1991 · 139 citations

Medicine, Radiology, Surgery +12

Thoracoscopic ablation of blebs in the treatment of recurrent or persistent spontaneous pneumothorax

Akio Wakabayashi · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1989 · 95 citations

Medicine, Surgery, Pulmonology +7

Limited resection for stage I lung cancer

Ugo Pastorino, Monica Valente, Vittorio Bedini et al. · Lung Cancer · 1991 · 82 citations

Medicine, Oncology, Surgery +12

Thoracoscopic neodymium : Yttrium-aluminum garnet laser-assisted pulmonary resection

Rodney J. Landreneau, David B. Herlan, Joel A. Johnson et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1991 · 77 citations

Medicine, Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery +12

Direct Diagnostic Thoracoscopy

Ralph J. Lewis, Philip J. Kunderman, Glenn E. Sisler et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1976 · 50 citations