Conclusion VATS has the same curative effect as traditional open surgery in early-stage peripheral lung cancer with less surgical trauma, faster convalescence and less untoward reaction.

结论VATS在早期周围型肺癌的手术治疗中可获得与传统常规开胸手术同样的治疗效果，而且具有手术创伤小、恢复快、不良反应少等优点。

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Traditional treatment has normally involved open surgery to remove the faulty veins, but the new embolisation process now offers a much less invasive alternative.

传统的治疗方法是去除紊乱血管的开放性手术，但是新方法采用栓塞技术可使手术损伤小。

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A traditional open procedure, called a laparotomy, also may be used. In this procedure, the surgery is performed through a large incision made in your belly (abdomen).

也可以用传统手术开刀即剖腹手术，但要在腹部切开大切口。

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But some surgeons who perform traditional open surgery warn that the rush to offer the minimally invasive operation may compromise patients' health.

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ThermaCool represents a growing trend in medical treatments away from traditional open surgery--which has longer recovery periods, often a higher risk of injury or death, and typically costs more--toward "knifeless, " or minimally invasive, procedures.

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More than a decade ago, medical-device companies began introducing stents to prop open arteries as an alternative to traditional surgery.

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