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A novel endoscope manipulator, Naviot^®, enables solo-surgery to be performed during video-assisted thoracic surgery

^a Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
^b Center for The Integration of Advanced Medicine andInnovative Technology, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
^c Healthcare System Business Development, Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo 102-8521, Japan

*Corresponding author. Tel.: +81-92-642-5466; fax: +81-92-642-5482.

E-mail address: iyoshino{at}surg2.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp (I. Yoshino).

A novel endoscopic device consisting of a one-touch manipulator and an automatic microzoom function, called Naviot^® (Hitachi Co., Japan), enabled a solo-surgery in thoracic sympathectomy.

Key Words: Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS); Endoscope manipulator; Solo-surgery