Feasibility and safety of reduced-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery using a needle scope for pulmonary lobectomy- retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to determine the usefulness and limitations of videoassisted thoracoscopic (VATS) lobectomy using one-window and puncture method (1WPM).

Methods

This study involved 14 patients who underwent lobectomy using the 1WPM at our institute from 2008 to 2017.

Results

The study patients comprised of 3 men and 11 women with a median age of 10.5 years (range, 0-72 years). There were eight cases in children younger than 18 years old and the youngest patient was 9 days old. The diagnoses were congenital pulmonary cystic disease (n = 7), primary lung cancer (n = 4), metastatic lung tumor (n = 1), and others (n = 2). The 1WPM was successful in 9 of 14 patients (64.3%) and, in 5 cases (35.7%), needed conversion to either two-window method (TWM) using addit

SUBMITTER: Aragaki M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6677861 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature