This book provides a guide to the surgical techniques required in thoracic surgery. Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has become a standard surgical technique in the field of thoracic surgery recently. In addition, the evolution of video equipment and surgical instruments, and robotic devices lead to the rapid development of surgical techniques.

Providing the latest and detailed surgical techniques and reviews of video-assisted thoracic surgery and robotic surgery in commonly performed thoracic surgery, and is expected to be of great help to general, thoracic, cardiothoracic, and cardiovascular surgeon who starts minimally invasive surgery.