ArticleOpen medicine (Warsaw, Poland)2021
Comparison of single- and triple-port VATS for lung cancer: A meta-analysis.
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- [Efficacy Analysis of High-flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy in Patients Accepting Single-port Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2022Trial
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- 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
- Tubeless strategy following thoracoscopic pulmonary wedge resection: a safe and beneficial option in selected patients.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Case Report: Synchronous SCLC and minimally invasive adenocarcinoma in the same lobe: NGS-confirmed cross-histological molecular heterogeneity in an ultra-rare case.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Long-Term Results of Single- and Multi-Incision Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: Experience of 348 Cases.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Application of drainage strategy with bi-pigtail catheters in patients undergoing lobectomy by uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery.Journal of thoracic disease · 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
- A Retrospective Analysis Comparing VATS Cost Discrepancies and Outcomes in Primary Lung Cancer vs. Second Primary Lung Cancer Patients.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Perioperative Effect of Single-Port Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy and Three-Port Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy in the Treatment of Early Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2023Article
- Recent advances in postoperative pulmonary rehabilitation of patients with non‑small cell lung cancer (Review).International journal of oncology · 2022Review
- Early experience with uniportal robotic thoracic surgery lobectomy.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- Efficacy of multi-groove silicone drains in single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic lung cancer surgery and their effect on C-reactive protein: a single-center experience.Journal of thoracic disease · 2021Article
- Beyond the ports: outcomes in uni-port vs. multi-port video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lung resections.Annals of Saudi medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the perioperative parameters between single- and triple-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy in the treatment of lung cancer.
methodsThe Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane library, and the Web of Science databases were electronically searched from inception to September 2019 for all relevant studies. Study quality was evaluated using the Jadad scale or the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. The results were pooled using the generic inverse-variance method and expressed as mean differences or risk ratios, with 95% confidence intervals.
resultsThree randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and ten cohort studies with 2,278 subjects were included in the meta-analysis. Whether based on RCTs or cohort studies, the pooled results showed no significant difference in the operation time, chest tube duration, intraoperative blood loss, postoperative hospital stays, lymph node dissection number, postoperative drainage volume, and postoperative complications between single- and triple-port VATS lobectomy (
conclusionSingle-port VATS lobectomy can yield similar perioperative results to those of triple-port VATS lobectomy and is more effective in relieving postoperative pain.
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