%0 Journal Article %T Non-intubated video-assisted thoracic surgery: where does evidence stand? %A Eugenio Pompeo %A Federico Tacconi %J SCIE-indexed Journal %D 2016 %R 10.21037/jtd.2016.04.39 %X The term non-intubated (aka awake or tubeless) video-assisted thoracic surgery (NIVATS) refers to thoracic operations that are performed without general anesthesia (GA) and mechanical ventilation in spontaneously breathing subjects %U http://jtd.amegroups.com/article/view/7440/html