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ArticleTurk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi2019

An antiquated contraindication for minimally invasive lung surgery: No place to staple the bronchus.

Tuğba Coşgun, Erkan Kaba, Kemal Ayalp, Alper Toker

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Article in Turk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tuğba CoşgunDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Demiroğlu Bilim University, Şişli Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Erkan KabaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Demiroğlu Bilim University, Şişli Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Kemal AyalpDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Alper TokerDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Istanbul Bilim University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study aims to evaluate the feasibility and outcomes of lobectomy operations without using a stapler for bronchial closure.

methodsBetween December 2014 and August 2018, a total of 108 patients (72 males, 36 females; mean age 62.1±9.8 years; range, 19 to 83 years) with primary lung cancer who underwent lobar resection with robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery were included in this study. Primary bronchial closure (n=7) and sleeve anastomosis (n=9) were performed in some cases. These 16 patients were compared with other lobectomy cases (n=92) who had bronchial stapling for bronchial closure.

resultsThere was no statistically significant difference in the mean duration of operation, amount of intraoperative bleeding, length of postoperative stay in the hospital, and morbidity and readmission rates between the two groups (p=0.3, p=0.5, p=0.06, p=0.4, and p=0.63, respectively). No bronchial fistula developed in any of the patients.

conclusionPrimary bronchial closure and sleeve anastomosis can be safely performed with robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery without conversion to thoracotomy, or a larger assistance incision with a similar success rate of the stapled bronchus.

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Primary bronchial closurerobot-assisted thoracoscopic surgerysleeve anastomosis

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PMID32082920
PMCPMC7018142
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