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Subcostal Specimen Removal in Completely Portal Robotic Lobectomy
Published on: April 19, 2024
[Complication rate after thoracoscopic and conventional lobectomy]
Beatrix Hoksch1, B Ablassmaier, M Walter
1Klinik und Poliklinik für Chirurgie, Charité Campus Mitte, Medizinische Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. hoksch@t-online.de
Aim:
To determine whether a thoracoscopic lobectomy used for treatment of primary non-small cell lung cancer shows a higher or lower morbidity in comparison to the conventional resection (thoracotomy) postoperatively.
Methodology:
42 patients with the presumption diagnosis of a lung cancer received a thoracoscopic lobectomy (n=28) or a conventional lobectomy (n=14). Postoperative complication rate (30 days) was analysed prospectively. There were no differences between the groups referring to age, co-morbidity, localisation of the tumor and stage.
Results:
Patients with a conventional operation revealed a significant higher morbidity in comparison to the patients of the thoracoscopic group (50 % vs. 14.2 %, p=0.03).
Conclusion:
The thoracoscopic lobectomy represents a safe operation method and an alternative to the conventional operation (thoracotomy).
