ArticleBMC surgery2020
Tubeless uniportal thoracoscopic wedge resection with modified air leak test and chest tube drainage.
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- Clinical evaluation of laryngeal mask airways in video-assisted thoracic surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Comparison of perioperative outcomes with or without routine chest tube drainage after video-assisted thoracoscopic pulmonary resection: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Pooled it
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- Feasibility of uniportal thoracoscopic sublobar resection without chest tube drainage: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Surgical technique of uniportal VATS for pneumothorax: the lateral and subxiphoid approaches.Journal of visualized surgery · 2026Article
- Research advances of tubeless thoracic surgery for pulmonary nodules: current status and future challenges.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Review
- Efficacy and outcomes of total tubeless single-port thoracoscopic wedge resection for peripheral pulmonary nodules.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Chest drain through utility vs separate incision in single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy: a randomized controlled trial.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Comparison of right- and left-approach esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
- Chest tube-free video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery secured by quantitative air leak monitoring: a case series.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Article
- Editorial: Early chest drain removal following lung resection.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Article
- Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery without drainage-tube placement for pulmonary wedge resection: a single-center retrospective study.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2022Article
- Comparison of two preoperative positioning techniques and unpositioning methods in non-intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.Journal of thoracic disease · 2022Article
- Safety and feasibility study of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic pulmonary wedge resection without postoperative chest tube drainage: a retrospective propensity score-matched study.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2022Article
- The Anesthesiologist's Perspective Regarding Non-intubated Thoracic Surgery: A Scoping Review.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- Clinical evaluation of the rapid recovery of patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic lung surgery under non-intubated anesthesia.Annals of translational medicine · 2021Article
- SV-VATS exhibits dual intraoperative and postoperative advantages.Annals of translational medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo investigate whether tubeless uniportal thoracoscopic wedge resection with modified air leak test and chest tube drainage has better short-term outcomes than non-intubated approach with chest tube drainage.
methodsData were collected retrospectively from January 2017 and December 2019. Tubeless group included 55 patients with pulmonary nodules underwent tubeless uniportal thoracoscopic wedge resection, 211 patients underwent non-intubated uniportal thoracoscopic wedge resection with chest tube drainage were included in drainage group. Peri-operative outcomes between two groups were compared.
resultsAfter 1:1 matching, 110 patients remained for analysis, baseline demographic and clinical variables were comparable between the two groups. Mean incision size was 3 cm in both group. Mean operative time was 59.3 min in tubeless group and 52.8 min in drainage group. The detectable mean lowest SpO
conclusionsTubeless uniportal thoracoscopic wedge resection with modified air leak test and chest tube drainage is feasible and safe for selected patients with peripheral pulmonary nodules, it might reduce post-operation pain and lead to faster recovery.
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