[Thoracoscopic surgery: current indications].

Recent advances in the technologies for minimal invasive surgery have expanded the indications for thoracoscopic surgery. The thoracoscopic approach is for various operations, including pleurectomy, decortication, pulmonary wedge resection, pericardial window, the approach of first choice. Other operations such as resection of tumors in the mediastinum or thoracic wall, lobectomies or others, can often be performed by thoracoscopy. Indications and technical details are described.