Uniportal vs. multiportal thoracoscopic segmentectomy: a north American study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) segmentectomy is gaining worldwide acceptance, but experience in North America is still limited. We report a North American multicenter comparison of uniportal vs. multiportal VATS segmentectomy.

Methods

We performed an institutional review board-exempt retrospective chart review on prospectively collected databases at two North American centers, from January 2012 to December 2020. We included all VATS segmentectomy patients and excluded emergent cases (n=1), patients with incomplete records (n=2), and segmentectomy performed in conjunction with another type of lung resection (n=1). We recorded patient demographics, perioperative data, 30-day postoperative complications and compared outcomes between coho

SUBMITTER: Diaz-Gutierrez I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9992592 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature