Learning curve and outcomes of young surgeons in uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy using bent-tip thoracoscopic forceps for lung cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is gaining popularity but may pose technical challenges for young surgeons in maintaining surgical precision compared to conventional multiportal VATS. This study assessed perioperative outcomes and lymph node dissection between uniportal VATS lobectomy using bent-tip thoracoscopic forceps to keep surgical precision and conventional multiportal VATS lobectomy for lung carcinoma.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed 215 consecutive patients who underwent multiportal or uniportal VATS lobectomy between January 2017 and December 2023, performed by surgeons in their 5th to 10th post-graduation years.

Results

Among 95 uniportal and 120 multiportal cases, uniportal VATS showed significantly reduced operative ti

SUBMITTER: Mizukami Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12603510 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature