Planning thoracoscopic segmentectomies with 3-dimensional reconstruction software improves outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We investigated whether preoperatively generated models of the anatomy of the lung using 3-dimensional (3D) reconstruction software based on high-resolution computed tomography scans improve surgical and postoperative outcomes after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) segmentectomies.

Methods

We retrospectively collected data from 100 consecutive patients who signed the general research consent form and underwent VATS segmentectomies between 2018 and 2023. The outcomes and complications of the operations planned with the 3D models were compared to the results of those performed without the models. We used propensity modelling and inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) to analyse the data.

Results

Thirty-seven of the 100 patients included

SUBMITTER: Hojski A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12011358 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature