The three steps method for uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic right upper lobectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic right upper lobectomy (UVATRUL), as a common procedure for thoracic surgeons, is difficult to manipulate and has some inherent challenges. To solve both of problems, we summarized a series of techniques as the three steps method and investigated its feasibility on the patients of right upper lung cancer.

Methods

Forty-eight patients with right upper lobe lung cancer who underwent the three steps method UVATRUL in our hospital from January 2020 to May 2022 were selected as the three steps method group. Forty-seven patients who underwent the traditional UVATRUL were selected as the traditional method group. The intraoperative condition and postoperative condition of the two groups were retrospectively analysed. Multiple lin

SUBMITTER: Liu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9830912 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature