ABSTRACT
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1. INTRODUCTION
The use of thoracoscopic and laparoscopic procedures in children has been broadened to
include their use in the diagnosis and treatment of malignancies. In adult surgery, the use
of minimal access surgery (MAS) is included in almost all malignancies. In pediatric
malignancies, solid viscus tumors are more common than hollow viscus tumors. The
size of solid viscus malignancies in children limits the use of therapeutic MAS. Therefore,
minimally invasive diagnostic procedures are more common in children than therapeutic
procedures for malignancy.
