Observational studyMedicine2019
Uniport video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (U-VATS) exhibits increased feasibility, non-inferior tolerance, and equal efficiency compared with multiport VATS and open thoracotomy in the elderly non-small cell lung cancer patients at early stage.
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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
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- Uniportal versus multiportal video-assisted thoracoscopic anatomical resection for NSCLC: a meta-analysis.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Comparative outcomes of uniportal and multiportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery-a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- The Impact of the Number of Ports on Perioperative Outcomes Following Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of chest surgery · 2026Review
- Analysis of thoracoscopic pulmonary wedge resection, thoracoscopic lobectomy and open lobectomy in patients with lung cancer.African health sciences · 2025Article
- Ultrasound for Intra-Operative Detection of Peri-Centimetric Pulmonary Nodules in Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS): A Comparison with Conventional Techniques in Multiportal VATS.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Lu's approach for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.PloS one · 2024Article
- Clinical application of VATS combined with 3D-CTBA in anatomical basal segmentectomy.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Current perspective on uniportal and multiportal video-assisted thoracic surgery during lobectomy for lung cancer.Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery · 2022Review
- The uniportal VATS in the treatment of stage II pleural empyema: a safe and effective approach for adults and elderly patients-a single-center experience and literature review.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2022Review
- Complete Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery and Traditional Open Surgery for Elderly Patients With NSCLC.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- Safety and feasibility of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic uncommon segmentectomy.Journal of thoracic disease · 2021Article
- UniportJournal of thoracic disease · 2021Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to compare the feasibility, efficacy and safety among uniport video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (U-VATS), multiport VATS (M-TATS), and open thoracotomy in elderly non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients at early stage.One hundred ninety-one elderly NSCLC patients at early stage underwent U-VATS (N = 73), M-VATS (N = 56) or open thoracotomy (N = 62) were included. Perioperative parameters, short-term outcomes, postoperative complications, and overall survival (OS) were assessed.Three-group analysis disclosed that operational duration, blood loss, drainage duration, hospital stay, pain score on the first day (D1) and D3, patients' global assessment (PGA), lasing air leak, infection, arrhythmia, and cardio-cerebrovascular events incidences were different among U-VATS, M-VATS, and open thoracotomy groups. Subsequently, 2-group analysis revealed that:In addition, there was no difference of OS among 3 groups, nor between any of the 2 groups.U-VATS presents with elevated feasibility, non-inferior tolerance, and similar efficacy compared with M-VATS and open thoracotomy in the elderly NSCLC patients at early stage.
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