How did Dr. Yin-Kai Chao increase his team's weekly image-guided VATS procedures from 3 to 30?
What role did 2D and true cone-beam CT (3D) technology play in his strategy?
And what about challenges like time-at-risk or access to the hybrid OR?
“We need to minimize time-at-risk to provide
optimal outcomes for small lung tumor surgery,”
says Dr. Chao. “We’ve developed a one-stage
procedure that can overcome these limitations1.”
Professor & Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan

Professor & Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan
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