ArticleThoracic cancer2020
A prospective study examining the impact of uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery on the short-term quality of life in patients with lung cancer.
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- Effects of Telerehabilitation Based on Motion Recognition Technology on Exercise Endurance of Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer After Surgery: Single-Center, Prospective, Open-Label, Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
- Quality of life after partial lung resection with uniportal versus 3-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a prospective randomized controlled study.Surgery today · 2021Trial
- Efficacy of Chinese Medicine on Postoperative Rehabilitation of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), a Randomized Controlled Study.Integrative cancer therapiesTrial
- Quality of life during the first 3 months after uniportalJournal 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
- Early clinical and economic outcomes of uniportal robotic- and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for lung anatomic resection: a retrospective study.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Comparison of patient-reported outcomes after uniportal versus multiportal video-assisted thoracoscopic sub-lobar resection.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Comparison of early patient-reported outcomes between uniportal thoracoscopic segmentectomy and wedge resection for peripheral small-sized non-small-cell lung cancer.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2024Article
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- Uniportal thoracoscopic mediastinal lymphadenectomy using appropriate surgical steps.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Article
- Perioperative outcomes of uniportal versus three-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in lung cancer patients aged ≥ 75 years old: a cohort study.BMC surgery · 2024Article
- [Comparison of Quality of Life of the Patients Three Months after Uniportal and Multiportal Thoracoscopic Lobectomy].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2023Article
- Effect of comfort nursing on postoperative recovery and life quality of patients undergoing thoracic surgery.American journal of translational research · 2023Article
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- Management of middle lobe veins during single-portal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy via the fifth intercostal approach (case series): why the subcarinal triangular right base angle is helpful.Journal of thoracic disease · 2022Article
- A guide for managing patients with stage I NSCLC: deciding between lobectomy, segmentectomy, wedge, SBRT and ablation-part 2: systematic review of evidence regarding resection extent in generally healthy patients.Journal of thoracic disease · 2022Review
- Sequential pulmonary resections by uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for bilateral multiple pulmonary nodules.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Quality of Life After Stereotactic Body Radiation therapy Versus Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery in Early stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Is there Enough Data to Make a Recommendation?Journal of clinical and translational research · 2021Review
- Utility of preoperative three-dimensional CT bronchography and angiography in uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic anatomical lobectomy: a retrospective propensity score-matched analysis.Annals of translational medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of uniportal and three-portal VATS in lung cancer patients on the postoperative short-term quality of life (QOL).
methodsA single-center, prospective, nonrandomized study was performed on patients who underwent uniportal or three-portal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy and systemic mediastinal lymph node dissection. QOL was measured before surgery at baseline and at one, two, four, and eight weeks after the operation. The measured data of normal distribution were indicated by the mean ± standard deviation, the independent sample t-test was used among the groups, and the χ2 test was used to compare the counting. Non-normal distribution of the measurement data was carried out using the Mann-Whitney test.
resultsPreoperative functional areas, symptom areas and overall health scores were similar in the two groups. The physical, role, emotional and social functions and overall health status of the uniportal group were significantly higher than those of the three-portal group in postoperative time. The score of symptom field was higher in one week after operation, the score of two, four and eight weeks decreased gradually, but it was still above the preoperative level, and the fatigue and pain of the uniportal group were significantly lower than that of the three-portal group.
conclusionThe advantages of uniportal VATS include a shorter hospital stay, more rapid recovery and superior cosmetic results compared to three-portal VATS. Additionally, uniportal VATS is superior to three-portal thoracoscopic surgery in terms of the immediate postoperative short-term QOL.
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