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Tang Y, Liu C, Guo C, Pu Q, Mei J, Zhu Y, Ma L, Zardo P, Ferrari PA, Hirai K, Igai H, AlGhamdi ZM, Liu L. Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery basal segmentectomy: a single-center retrospective cohort study. Transl Lung Cancer Res 2022; 11:2125-2135. [PMID: 36386453 PMCID: PMC9641035 DOI: 10.21037/tlcr-22-651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) basal segmentectomy is technically challenging and requires a deep understanding of the segmental anatomy of the lung. This report describes the uniportal VATS segmentectomy of basal segments using a single-direction approach. METHODS A total of 49 patients who underwent uniportal VATS basal segmentectomy between April 2019 and April 2021 were included in this retrospective study. All the surgeries were conducted using a single-direction approach. The resections of segments 7-8 were mainly performed using the interlobar fissure approach, while the resections of segments 9-10 were performed using the inferior pulmonary ligament approach. RESULTS A total of 33 patients underwent a single basal segmentectomy and 16 patients underwent combined basal segmentectomy/sub-segmentectomy. The median operative time was 120 min (range, 60-180 min), and the median blood loss was 20 mL (range, 10-100 mL). The median chest tube duration was 2 days (range, 1-5 days), and the median hospital stay after surgery was 4 days (range, 2-15 days). The morbidity rate after surgery was 6.1% (3/49). There were no perioperative deaths. The pathological examinations revealed 3 cases of adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS), 33 cases of minimally invasive adenocarcinoma, and 13 cases of lepidic-predominant invasive adenocarcinoma. No recrudescence or mortality was reported during the median follow-up time of 7 months (range, 2-25 months). CONCLUSIONS Uniportal VATS basal segmentectomy is a feasible and reliable technique based on our experience. This single-direction method allows the uniportal VATS basal segmentectomy to be performed in an easy manner with the targeted segmental bronchi and vessels exposed from superficial to deep in order of their appearance while avoiding the repeated turnover of the lung.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yudong Tang
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China;,Western China Collaborative Innovation Center for Early Diagnosis and Multidisciplinary Therapy of Lung Cancer, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China;,Western China Collaborative Innovation Center for Early Diagnosis and Multidisciplinary Therapy of Lung Cancer, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China;,Western China Collaborative Innovation Center for Early Diagnosis and Multidisciplinary Therapy of Lung Cancer, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China;,Western China Collaborative Innovation Center for Early Diagnosis and Multidisciplinary Therapy of Lung Cancer, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China;,Western China Collaborative Innovation Center for Early Diagnosis and Multidisciplinary Therapy of Lung Cancer, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China;,Western China Collaborative Innovation Center for Early Diagnosis and Multidisciplinary Therapy of Lung Cancer, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China;,Western China Collaborative Innovation Center for Early Diagnosis and Multidisciplinary Therapy of Lung Cancer, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Oncology Hospital “A. Businco”, A.R.N.A.S. “G. Brotzu”, Cagliari, Italy
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Fahad Hospital of the University, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China;,Western China Collaborative Innovation Center for Early Diagnosis and Multidisciplinary Therapy of Lung Cancer, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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