ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
Pulmonary Lobectomy for Early-Stage Lung Cancer with Uniportal versus Three-Portal Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: Results from a Single-Centre Randomized Clinical Trial.
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- Pooled it
- The efficacy of loco-regional ropivacaine analgesia via intercostal catheters after lung resection: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, superiority study.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2024Trial
- Comparison of postoperative analgesia by thoracoscopic-guided thoracic paravertebral block and thoracoscopic-guided intercostal nerve block in uniportal video-asssited thoracic surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial.World journal of surgical oncology · 2024Trial
- Clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer patients with concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis: a retrospective cohort study.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
- Redefining thoracic access: subxiphoid uniportal VATS lung resection-recovery, opioid consumption and learning curve.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Indication-first implementation of uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery segmentectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer.Journal of visualized surgery · 2026Article
- Transitioning from multiport to uniport robot-assisted thoracic surgery: a propensity score-weighted evaluation of safety and feasibility.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Development of a machine learning-based nomogram for predicting chronic postsurgical pain after uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Comparison of postoperative pain between robotic and uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for anatomic lung resection in patients with stage I lung cancer.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2025Article
- Postoperative pain outcomes following uniportal vs. multiportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Review
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Abstract
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a consolidated approach; however, there is no consensus on the number of ports leading to less postoperative pain. We compared early postoperative pain after uniportal and three-portal VATS lobectomy for early-stage NSCLC. In this randomized clinical trial, patients undergoing VATS lobectomy were randomly assigned to receive uniportal (U-VATS Group) or three-portal (T-VATS Group) VATS. The inclusion criteria were age ≤ 80 years and ASA < 4. The exclusion criteria were clinical T3, previous thoracic surgery, induction therapy, chest radiotherapy, connective tissue or vascular diseases, major organ failure, and analgesics or corticosteroids use. The postoperative analgesia protocol was based on NRS. Pain was measured as analgesic consumption; the secondary endpoints were intra- and postoperative complications, conversion rate, surgical time, dissected lymph nodes, hospital stay, and respiratory function. Out of 302 eligible patients, 120 were included; demographics were distributed homogeneously. The mean cumulative morphine consumption (CMC) in the U-VATS Group after 7 days was lower than in the T-VATS Group (77.4 mg vs. 90.1 mg,
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