"In this procedure, the doctor makes a small cut through the chest wall and puts a thin, lighted tube called a thoracoscope into the chest between two ribs."
"Next, a fiber-optic camera (thoracoscope) is inserted through a 1cm incision made below the armpit so the sympathetic nerve chain can be located at the back of the chest."
"During surgery, inch-long staples made of a high-tech temperature-sensitive metal alloy are implanted using a camera called a thoracoscope."