[Initial report of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy in Japan]

To date, more than 100 reports of several major pulmonary resections through a uniportal approach have been published. However, there have been no reports of uniportal thoracoscopic lobectomy in Japan. We present herein a successful case of uniportal thoracoscopic right lower lobectomy through a 3.5-cm incision for 84- year-old female patient with primary lung cancer (clinical stage I A). Postoperative course was uneventful and she discharged from the hospital on day 5 postoperatively. Pathological diagnosis was primary adenocarcinoma of T1aN0M0, stage I A.