ObjectiveTo evaluate the safety and efficacy of single utility port video-assisted thoracoscopic lobec-tomy in the treatment of benign pulmonary diseases.
MethodsFrom 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.
ResultsThere 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.
ConclusionSingle utility port video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy is safe and feasible in the treatment of benign pulmonary diseases.
