[Uniportal VATS: a sublimation of micro-invasive lung cancer resection]

Micro-invasive thoracic surgery, especially represented by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), has become the mainstream of lung cancer resection. Traditional multi-portal VATS techniques, including four-port, three-port, and two-port VATS, have been widely used to perform nearly all kinds of lung cancer resections. However, how to make lung cancer resection less invasive is always the subject that all thoracic surgeons never stop pursuing. Compared with multi-portal VATS, uniportal VATS causes less postoperative pain and paresthesia because only one small incision is made and one intercoastal space is involved. In recent years, good clinical results have been obtained from uniportal VATS in lung cancer resections. In this paper, we'd like to present a brief summary about the progresses made in the application of uniportal VATS in lung cancer resection. Uniportal VATS is a sublimation of micro-invasive lung cancer resection.