A simplified technique to treat patients in stand-alone atrial fibrillation with a right thoracoscopic approach is described. An electrical isolation of the four pulmonary veins (box lesion) is achieved with a microwave antenna.
La Meir, M., De Roy, L., Blommaert, D., & Buche, M. (2007). Treatment of lone atrial fibrillation with a right thoracoscopic approach. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 83(6), 2244-2245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.08.004 (Original work published 2007)