• 1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, 110016, P. R. China;
XU Shiguang, Email: oldmonitor73@163.com
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Objective To investigate the safety and efficacy of totally no tube three-port thoracoscopic surgery (TNTT) for thymic tumor via lateral thoracic approach. Methods The clinical data of patients with thymoma admitted to the Department of Thoracic Surgery of the General Hospital of Northern Theater Command from November 2021 to May 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were divided into a TNTT group and a single utility port video-assisted thoracic surgery (SVATS) group according to different surgical methods. The clinical data were compared between the two groups. Results A total of 111 patients were collected. There were 44 patients in the TNTT group, including 20 males and 24 females, with an average age of 60.11±8.64 years, and 67 patients in the SVATS group, including 30 males and 37 females, with an average age of 62.40±7.92 years. There was no significant difference between the two groups in the baseline data (P>0.05). The postoperative hospital stay and intraoperative blood loss were shorter or less in the TNTT group (P<0.05), and the visual analogue scale score 48 hours after the operation was smaller in the SVATS group (P<0.05). Conclusion TNTT has a good surgical safety, and can shorten postoperative hospital stay, reduce intraoperative blood loss, and has significant advantages in enhanced recovery after surgery, but SVATS can reduce postoperative pain in patients.

Citation: XIU Yuchi, LIU Bo, MENG Hao, DING Renquan, LIU Xingchi, WANG Shiqi, HU Boxiao, WU Qiong, ZHANG Guoqing, XU Shiguang. Tubeless three-port versus conventional single utility port thoracoscopic surgery in the treatment of thymic tumors: A retrospective cohort study. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2024, 31(4): 546-550. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.202208027 Copy

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