One of my clients that just had chest surgery used it to double his bench in a month! (alwaysgaining.com)
Less impact on a child's developing body through injury and deformity to muscles, nerves and other tissue; such as scoliosis from chest surgery or risk of bowel obstruction from abdominal surgery (mottchildren.org)
Patients recover much faster using thoracoscopy versus open chest surgery. (countrysidehotsprings.com)