The learning curve of thoracoscopic surgery in a single surgeon and successful implementation of uniportal approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In some institutions, a recently introduced uniportal approach has replaced the multiportal approach for thoracoscopic major pulmonary resection. This study investigated the effect of this change on the surgical learning curve by examining the perioperative results of a single surgeon.

Methods

Between April 2012 and August 2020, 376 patients with primary lung cancer underwent thoracoscopic lobectomy with ND2a-1/2 lymphadenectomy in the authors' hospital. Surgery was performed by one of the authors in 189 of these patients, who were thus enrolled in this retrospective study. The surgeries were classified chronologically into five phases and the operative time, rate of intraoperative massive bleeding, and rate of postoperative prolonged air leak (PAL) were then comp

SUBMITTER: Igai H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8339743 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature