• Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, Jiangsu, P. R. China;
MAHai-tao, Email: MHT7403@163.com
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Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of single utility port video-assisted thoracoscopic lobec-tomy in the treatment of benign pulmonary diseases. Methods From January 2011 to April 2014, 48 patients with benign pulmonary diseases underwent single utility port video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy in the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University. The patients included 21 males and 27 females, with their mean age of 47.4 years. There were 5 patients received right upper lobectomy, right middle lobectomy in 5 patients, right lower lobectomy in 5 patients, left upper lobectomy in 8 patients, and left lower lobectomy in 20 patients. the clinical outcomes included operation time, intraoperative blood loss, chest drainage duration, postoperative hospital stay and postoperative complications. Results There were 2 patients conversion to open surgery. The average operation time was 147.2±50.4 min, intraopera-tive blood loss was 160.2±25.3 ml, postoperative chest drainage duration was 4.8±2.8 d, postoperative hospital stay was 7.4±1.9 d. There was no hospital death or serious postoperative complications. Postoperative pathological diagnosis showed bronchiectasis in 17 patients, inflammatory pseudotumor in 11 patients, tuberculosis in 9 patients, aspergillosis in 4 patients, pulmonary sequestration in 3 patients, bronchogenic cyst in 2 patients, pulmonary abscess in 1 patient, and hamartoma in 1 patient. No long-term complications were noticed in 48 patients during a mean follow-up of 6 months. Conclusion Single utility port video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy is safe and feasible in the treatment of benign pulmonary diseases.

Citation: LIGuang-bin, ZHAOJun, NIbin, LIChang, XUChun, MAHai-tao. Single Utility Port Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy for Benign Pulmonary Diseases. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2015, 22(6): 569-571. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.20150145 Copy

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