Technical aspects of single-port thoracoscopic surgery for lobectomy

Thoracoscopic Surgery is in common use in routine surgical practice. With the advancement of the various techniques and instruments required, mini wounds and fewer thoracoports become practical in recent years. Here, we report our experience of performing lobectomy with radical lymph node dissection...

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Published inJournal of cardiothoracic surgery Vol. 7; no. 1; p. 50
Main Authors Chen, Chih-Hao, Lee, Shih-Yi, Chang, Ho, Liu, Hung-Chang, Chen, Chao-Hung, Huang, Wen-Chien
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BioMed Central Ltd 06.06.2012
BioMed Central
BMC
Subjects
Aged
Cardiovascular diseases
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
Diagnosis
Dissection
Female
Health aspects
Humans
Lung cancer
Lung Neoplasms - pathology
Lung Neoplasms - surgery
Lymph Node Excision
Lymphatic system
Male
Middle Aged
Operative Time
Pain
Surgery
Thoracic surgery
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted - instrumentation
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted - methods
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted - statistics & numerical data
Thoracoscopy
Thoracoscopy/VATS
Veins & arteries
Wound healing
Taiwan
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Summary:Thoracoscopic Surgery is in common use in routine surgical practice. With the advancement of the various techniques and instruments required, mini wounds and fewer thoracoports become practical in recent years. Here, we report our experience of performing lobectomy with radical lymph node dissection in 3 patients using regular straight endoscopic instruments. We demonstrate the feasibility of such techniques and discuss the key points of effectively performing the procedures. Because of the favorable outcomes, we encourage such procedures to be widely applied in surgical operations of various types.
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ISSN:1749-8090
1749-8090
DOI:10.1186/1749-8090-7-50