Midterm outcomes of single port thoracoscopic surgery for major pulmonary resection.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Single-port thoracoscopic surgery has widened the current minimally invasive surgical techniques toward more less invasive procedures in terms of reducing the number of incisions. However, the current status of oncologic outcome with this technique is not well known for lung cancer surgery. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the oncologic outcomes in early stage lung cancer for impact of the survival outcomes with our experience of conversion to a single-port approach from the conventional three-port approach.

Materials and methods

Retrospective data of patients who underwent thoracoscopic major lung resection for non-small cell lung cancer between January 2006 and June 2015 were analyzed. Patients' characteristics, perioperative outcomes, pathologic resul

SUBMITTER: Han KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5685603 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature