Observational studyThoracic cancer2019
Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery could reduce postoperative thorax drainage for lung cancer patients.
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- Effect of single-port video-assisted thoracoscopy on surgical site wound infection and healing in patients with lung cancer: A meta-analysis.International wound journal · 2023Pooled it
- Uniportal versus multiportal video-assisted thoracoscopic anatomical resection for NSCLC: a meta-analysis.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2020Pooled it
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- Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery does not increase recurrence rates following pneumonectomy in non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study from the National Cancer Center of China.Translational lung cancer research · 2025Article
- Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery improves perioperative outcomes in overweight and obese patients with non-small-cell lung cancer undergoing lobectomy: A propensity score matching analysis.Thoracic cancer · 2022Article
- Sequential pulmonary resections by uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for bilateral multiple pulmonary nodules.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Research on the application of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic segmental resection of the lung in elderly patients with non-small cell lung cancer aged over 65 years.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2021Article
- Simultaneous Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery of bilateral pulmonary nodules.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2021Article
- Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic left pneumonectomy: Retrospective analysis of eighteen consecutive patients from a single center.Thoracic cancer · 2021Article
- Bleeding is the most common cause of unplanned return to operating room after lung cancer surgeries.Journal of thoracic disease · 2020Article
- Oncological advantage of nonintubated thoracic surgery: Better compliance of adjuvant treatment after lung lobectomy.Thoracic cancer · 2020Article
- Video-assisted thoracoscopy for lung cancer: who is the future of thoracic surgery?Journal of thoracic disease · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundUniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has undergone significant development in recent years, yet its usefulness and value in the treatment of lung cancer remains controversial. We investigated the effect of uniportal VATS surgery for reducing postoperative thorax drainage in lung cancer patients.
methodsThe data of primary lung cancer patients who underwent VATS anatomical lung resection at the China National Cancer Center by a single surgeon were retrospectively collected. After propensity score matched analysis, 492 patients (246 uniportal VATS, 246 multiportal VATS) were included in the study. The clinicopathologic and surgery-related features, including drainage volume, were compared. Student's t and chi-square tests were used; all tests were two-sided.
resultsPatients in the two groups had similar demographic and clinicopathological features. Patients who underwent uniportal VATS surgery had significantly lower postoperative thorax drainage (830.0 ± 666.0 mL vs. 1014.5 ± 616.9 mL, P = 0.002) and a comparatively lower rate of unplanned return to the operating room (0 vs. 0.8%; P = 0.156) than multiportal VATS patients. The surgical duration, blood loss, number of lymph nodes dissected, postoperative complications, and length of hospital stay were similar between the groups.
conclusionsUniportal VATS could reduce postoperative thorax drainage and the risk of unplanned return to the operating room for lung cancer patients. This study included the largest sample by a single surgeon and our results suggest the potential value of uniportal VATS for the faster recovery of lung cancer patients.
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