Abstract
Surgical access trauma has important detrimental implications for immunological status, organ function and clinical recovery. Thoracic surgery has rapidly evolved through the decades, with the advantages of minimally invasive surgery becoming more and more apparent. The clinical benefits of enhanced recovery after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) may be, at least in part, the result of better-preserved cellular immunity and cytokine profile, attenuated stress hormone release and improved preservation of pulmonary and shoulder function. Parameters of postoperative pain, chest drain duration, hospital stay and even long-term survival are also indirect reflections of the advantages of reduced access trauma. With innovations of surgical instruments, optical devices and operative platform, uniportal VATS, robotic thoracic surgery and non-intubated anaesthesia represent the latest frontiers in minimizing trauma from surgical access.
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