Project description:Recently, uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has developed rapidly and has become the main theme of global surgical development. The specific, standardized and systematic training of this technology has become an important topic. Specific training in the uniportal VATS approach is crucial to ensure safety and radical treatment. Such training approach, including a direct interaction with experienced surgeons in high-volume centers, is crucial and represents an indispensable step. Another form of training that usually occurs after preceptorship is proctorship: an experienced mentor can be invited to a trainee's own center to provide specific on-site tutelage. Videos published online are commonly used as training material. Technology has allowed the use of different models of simulators for training. The most common model is the use of animal wet laboratory training. Other models, however, have been used mostrecently, such as the use of 3D and VR Technology, virtual reality simulators, and completely artificial models of the human thorax with synthetic lung, vessel, airway, and nodal tissues. A short-duration, high-volume, clinical immersion training, and a long term systematic training in high-volume centers are getting more and more attention. According to the evaluation of students' grading, a diversified training mode is adopted and the targeted training in accordance with different students helps to improve the training effect. We have done some work in systematic and standardized training of uniportal VATS in single center. We believe such training is feasible and absolutely necessary.
Project description:ObjectivesTo assess the feasibility and safety of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic pulmonary segmentectomy compared with lobectomy by studying early postoperative outcomes.MethodsWe included all patients who underwent uniportal segmentectomy and lobectomy between 2017 and 2022 at Karolinska University Hospital. Early clinical outcomes were compared between the uniportal segmentectomy and lobectomy groups. Differences in baseline characteristics were addressed using inverse probability of treatment weighting.ResultsA total of 833 patients (232 segmentectomy, 601 lobectomy) were included. The number of uniportal operations increased during the study period. Patients in the segmentectomy and lobectomy groups, respectively, had stage I lung cancer in 65% and 43% of the cases; 97% and 94% had no postoperative complications, the median number of lymph node stations sampled was 4 vs 5, and non-radical microscopic resection occurred in 1.7% vs 1.8%. The drains were removed on postoperative day 1 in 75% vs 72% of the patients following segmentectomy and lobectomy, respectively, and 90% vs 89% were discharged directly home.ConclusionsUniportal video-assisted segmentectomy was performed with similar early postoperative clinical results compared with uniportal lobectomy in patients with benign, metastatic or early-stage lung cancer.
Project description:The approach for traditional uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (Uni-VATS) is typically located on the lateral chest wall, the resulting pain and visible scars may have a negative psychological impact on patients. We present our preliminary experience with the subcutaneous tunneled periareolar approach (STPA) in lung resection performed through Uni-VATS for treating pulmonary nodules. From December 2023 through to June 2024, five patients underwent this procedure, including three cases of the wedge resection, one case of the lobectomy, and one case of the segmentectomy. The operations were uneventful, with no postoperative infections or deaths reported. Scarring from the STPA was effectively concealed within the naturally darker periareolar skin. Tension-free incision reduced postoperative pain for patients, and the follow-up outcomes were favorable. The STPA for Uni-VATS is a safe and reliable method for resection of pulmonary nodules, we recommend this method for patients with aesthetic concerns and for women without reproductive needs.
Project description:Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) occasionally experience acute exacerbations after surgery for lung cancer. Several recent studies have revealed a prophylactic effect of perioperative pirfenidone treatment on postoperative acute exacerbations of IPF in patients with lung cancer. A 75-year-old woman consulted with her pulmonologist because of an IPF shadow detected by follow-up chest computed tomography 2 months after surgical treatment of biliary cancer. Another 7 months later, chest computed tomography showed a 23- × 14-mm nodule located in the right lower lobe with high accumulation of fluorodeoxyglucose detected by positron emission tomography, resulting in a radiological diagnosis of primary lung cancer with IPF. We administered perioperative pirfenidone treatment followed by right lower lobectomy using uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery after attaining a pathological diagnosis of adenocarcinoma. The patient developed no acute exacerbations of IPF during the postoperative period, and she had no recurrence of lung cancer for 15 months after surgery. We successfully used a combination of perioperative antifibrotic medication and minimally invasive surgery after lung cancer surgery in a patient with IPF.
Project description:AbstractAmongst all minimally invasive oesophagectomies, uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) Ivor-Lewis remains the most challenging procedure due to the skills required for performing the intrathoracic anastomosis. We present an easy and safe circular stapling latero-terminal anastomosis for performing uniportal VATS Ivor-Lewis. The patient had an uneventful post-operative recovery and was disease-free 9 months after surgery.
Project description:BackgroundUniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) basal segmentectomy is technically challenging and requires a deep understanding of the segmental anatomy of the lung. This report describes the uniportal VATS segmentectomy of basal segments using a single-direction approach.MethodsA total of 49 patients who underwent uniportal VATS basal segmentectomy between April 2019 and April 2021 were included in this retrospective study. All the surgeries were conducted using a single-direction approach. The resections of segments 7-8 were mainly performed using the interlobar fissure approach, while the resections of segments 9-10 were performed using the inferior pulmonary ligament approach.ResultsA total of 33 patients underwent a single basal segmentectomy and 16 patients underwent combined basal segmentectomy/sub-segmentectomy. The median operative time was 120 min (range, 60-180 min), and the median blood loss was 20 mL (range, 10-100 mL). The median chest tube duration was 2 days (range, 1-5 days), and the median hospital stay after surgery was 4 days (range, 2-15 days). The morbidity rate after surgery was 6.1% (3/49). There were no perioperative deaths. The pathological examinations revealed 3 cases of adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS), 33 cases of minimally invasive adenocarcinoma, and 13 cases of lepidic-predominant invasive adenocarcinoma. No recrudescence or mortality was reported during the median follow-up time of 7 months (range, 2-25 months).ConclusionsUniportal VATS basal segmentectomy is a feasible and reliable technique based on our experience. This single-direction method allows the uniportal VATS basal segmentectomy to be performed in an easy manner with the targeted segmental bronchi and vessels exposed from superficial to deep in order of their appearance while avoiding the repeated turnover of the lung.
Project description:In conventional multiportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, devices such as cotton-tipped applicators are used instead of graspers to avoid injuring the fragile lung tissue while stabilizing the lung and securing the surgical visual field. However, in uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, which requires the simultaneous use of multiple instruments, the instruments tend to interfere with each other during the procedure because they share a single incisional port. Here, we describe a simple, easy and cost-effective lung retraction technique using cotton swabs to solve the problem. We present this technique and comment on its advantages, including decreased cost and improved surgical visualization.
Project description:Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (UniVATS) has been widely adopted in China, where several ultra-high volume thoracic surgical and training centers are located. The objective of this consensus from Chinese experts was to summarize the current application and give reference for the future development of UniVATS in the treatment of lung cancer. A panel of 41 experts from 21 Chinese hospitals was invited to join this project. The Delphi method was used in this consensus consisting of two rounds of voting. The questionnaire was based on the current clinical evidence. Forty (97.6%) experts completed the 2 rounds of questionnaires. The experts' experience was relatively similar. We defined the UniVATS as monitor-dependent surgery, no use of rib-spreading and single incision less than 4 cm. Tumor with stage of T1-T3 and N0-N2 is considered amenable to UniVATS. Other consensus was reached on several points outlining the safety and feasibility, surgical skills, learning curve, short-term and long-term outcomes for lung cancer, and current application of subxiphoid and nonintubated UniVATS approach. This consensus statement represents a collective agreement among Chinese experts to suggest that UniVATS is an effective alternative to multi-portal approach, although high-level evidence is expected in the future. Some agreements can be referred in the training of young surgeons.