Approaches to single port mediastinal surgery

Key Points

• The aim is to evaluate the variety of single port techniques used in mediastinal surgery and assess the clinical evidence supporting these methods.
• Reviewed different single port surgery techniques: intercostal, subxiphoid, robot-assisted.
• Evaluated clinical evidence related to the effectiveness and safety of these techniques.
• Single port VATS is becoming common for pulmonary surgeries but is less adopted for mediastinal surgery.
• Various techniques show promise but require more clinical evidence to support widespread use.