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ABSTRACT: Background
This study aimed to determine the usefulness and limitations of videoassisted thoracoscopic (VATS) lobectomy using one-window and puncture method (1WPM).Methods
This study involved 14 patients who underwent lobectomy using the 1WPM at our institute from 2008 to 2017.Results
The study patients comprised of 3 men and 11 women with a median age of 10.5 years (range, 0-72 years). There were eight cases in children younger than 18 years old and the youngest patient was 9 days old. The diagnoses were congenital pulmonary cystic disease (n = 7), primary lung cancer (n = 4), metastatic lung tumor (n = 1), and others (n = 2). The 1WPM was successful in 9 of 14 patients (64.3%) and, in 5 cases (35.7%), needed conversion to either two-window method (TWM) using additional port (n = 3) or open thoracotomy (n = 2). The causes for conversion were need for additional bronchoplasty or lymph node dissection (n = 3), failure of one-lung ventilation (n = 1), and presence of a small thoracic cavity that made the procedure extremely difficult (n = 1). In the group that was successfully treated with 1WPM, the median values were as follows: operation time, 193 min (range, 112-480 min); blood loss, 0 ml (range, 0-90 ml); drainage duration, 1 day (range, 1-4 days); and postoperative hospital stay, 7 days (range, 4-13 days).Conclusions
Lobectomy by 1WPM can be safely performed and has good postoperative course and this procedure can be applicable and effective in small infants.
SUBMITTER: Aragaki M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6677861 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aragaki Masato M Kaga Kichizo K Hida Yasuhiro Y Kato Tatsuya T Matsui Yoshiro Y
Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) 20190726
<h4>Background</h4>This study aimed to determine the usefulness and limitations of videoassisted thoracoscopic (VATS) lobectomy using one-window and puncture method (1WPM).<h4>Methods</h4>This study involved 14 patients who underwent lobectomy using the 1WPM at our institute from 2008 to 2017.<h4>Results</h4>The study patients comprised of 3 men and 11 women with a median age of 10.5 years (range, 0-72 years). There were eight cases in children younger than 18 years old and the youngest patient ...[more]