Examination of the inside of the chest, using a thoracoscope.

A third, smaller incision is made to insert a thoracoscope (small camera) used to help guide the bar.

A thoracoscope is a thin, tube-like instrument with a light and a lens for viewing.

Thereby, small ports are used to access the pulmonary lobes and introduce a camera on a thoracoscope, along with the necessary instruments.

A thoracoscope has a light and a lens for viewing and may have tool to remove tissue.

An incision (cut) is made between two ribs, and a thoracoscope is inserted into the chest.

A camera attached to the thoracoscope transmits the image to a video screen, which allows surgeons and assistants to observe the flow of the operation.

If the thoracoscope cannot reach certain tissues, organs, or lymph nodes, a thoracotomy may be done.

Visualization is enhanced due to the magnification afforded by the fiberoptic thoracoscope and a 30-degree angle of visualization aids in looking around corners.

In this procedure, the doctor makes a small cut through the chest wall and puts a thin, lighted tube called a thoracoscope into the chest between two ribs.

During VATS lobectomy, the structures being operated on are not directly visualized with the naked eye but are visualized solely with a rigid thoracoscope.

The statement said that the surgery would be done either through a small incision or with the aid of a thoracoscope, a small device that doctors can insert between the ribs and peer into the chest cavity.

At the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Bartley P. Griffith said that in doing minimally invasive bypass surgery, he uses a thoracoscope, a fiber-optic device that is similar to a laparoscope and that has been used in chest surgery for several years.