What is VATS Lung Surgery?
Ports pass between the ribs into the pleural space. A camera and long instruments reach the fissures, the lobar vessels and the bronchus. The chest wall is spared a rib-spreading incision, but the lung operation inside is still an anatomical resection. VATS describes how the surgeon enters the chest, not which lobe is taken. A VATS lobectomy and an open lobectomy can remove the same tissue; conversion to open is a recognised part of the method, not a failure of care.





