Subxiphoid uniportal thoracoscopic pulmonary segmentectomy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer: Feasibility, quality of life and financial worthiness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Subxiphoid uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (SVATS) is more technically challenging than intercostal uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (UVATS), especially in more complex procedures such as segmentectomy. We therefore aimed to investigate the worthiness of undertaking the more demanding subxiphoid approach in patients who had undergone anatomical segmentectomy for stage IA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Methods

A total of 491 patients were included in our study who had undergone anatomical segmentectomy for stage IA non-small cell lung cancer from September 2014 to April 2018. They were divided into two groups; 278 patients in the UVATS group and 213 patients in the SVATS group. Different perioperative variables, postoperative pain,

SUBMITTER: Abdellateef A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7262898 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature