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Non-Intubated Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
Published on: May 26, 2023
Better pulmonary function and prognosis with video-assisted thoracic surgery than with thoracotomy
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Saiseikai Kanagawa-ken Hospital, Yokohama, Japan. kaseda@ra2.so-net.ne.jp
Background:
Data regarding pulmonary function and prognosis after video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy are limited.
Methods:
From September 1992 to April 2000, 204 video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomies were performed, and their preoperative and postoperative pulmonary function test results and prognoses were evaluated.
Results:
The postoperative to preoperative ratio of pulmonary function tests (vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in 1 s) were better in video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy than in open thoracotomy (p < 0.0001). Furthermore, the 5-year survival rate of pathologic stage I lung cancers after video-assisted thoracic surgery was 97.0%, whereas that after open thoracotomy was 78.5% (p = 0.0173; Mantel-Cox).
Conclusions:
Pulmonary function and prognosis were far better after video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy than after open thoracotomy.
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