Minimalinvasive HF-Resektion und Bergung von Tumoren aus dem Lungenfell

Although minimally invasive techniques are expanding into thoracic surgery, there is no extirpation procedure for intrapulmonary cancers that is optimized to meet the special requirements arising from the anatomy of the lung. The reasons for this are the drawbacks such as high costs, inflexible resection geometry and high time expenditure inherent to existing minimally invasive procedures. The most important issue in lung surgery is the air impermeability of the cutting arae. In order to face these issues, the Fraunhofer IPA developed a new operation instrument and operation procedure based on electrosurgery.