Balloon-Based Organ Retractor With Increased Safety and Reduced Invasiveness During Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery.

Daisuke TaniguchiKeitaro MatsumotoYoshihiro KondoKoichiro ShimoyamaYasumasa HashimotoAbdelmotagaly ElgaladTomohiro ObataTakuro MiyazakiTomoshi TsuchiyaNaoto MatsuoMurray John LawnNaoya YamasakiIkuo YamamotoTakeshi Nagayasu

Published in: Surgical innovation (2018)

This balloon-based retractor could contribute to increased safety and less-invasive VATS.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
robot assisted
surgical site infection
percutaneous coronary intervention