ObjectiveTo discuss the safety and feasibility of no chest tube (NCT) after thoracoscopic pneumonectomy.MethodsThe online databases including PubMed, EMbase, The Cochrane Library, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), WanFang Database, VIP, China Biology Medicine disc (CBMdisc) were searched by computer from inception to October 2020 to collect the research on NCT after thoracoscopic pneumonectomy. Two reviewers independently screened the literature, extracted the data, and evaluated the quality of the included studies. The RevMan 5.3 software was used for meta-analysis.ResultsA total of 17 studies were included. There were 12 cohort studies and 5 randomized controlled trials including 1 572 patients with 779 patients in the NCT group and 793 patients in the chest tube placement (CTP) group. Meta–analysis results showed that the length of postoperative hospital stay in the NCT group was shorter than that in the CTP group (SMD=–1.23, 95%CI –1.59 to –0.87, P<0.000 01). Patients in the NCT group experienced slighter pain than those in the CTP group at postoperative day (POD)1 (SMD=–0.97, 95%CI –1.42 to –0.53, P<0.000 1), and POD2 (SMD=–1.10, 95%CI –2.00 to –0.20, P=0.02), while no statistical difference was found between the two groups in the visual analogue scale of POD3 (SMD=–0.92, 95%CI –1.91 to 0.07, P=0.07). There was no statistical difference in the 30-day complication rate (RR=0.93, 95%CI 0.61 to 1.44, P=0.76), the rate of postoperative chest drainage (RR=1.51, 95%CI 0.68 to 3.37, P=0.31) or the rate of thoracocentesis (RR=2.81, 95%CI 0.91 to 8.64, P=0.07) between the two groups. No death occurred in the perioperative period in both groups.ConclusionIt is feasible and safe to omit the chest tube after thoracoscopic pneumonectomy for patients who meet the criteria.
Pneumonectomy is known as an effective treatment of lung cancer, lung tuberculosis, and damaged lung. But the incidences of complications and mortality are significantly higher in patients undergoing pneumonectomy than those undergoing lobectomy. The complication rate within 30 days after pneumonectomy is 11%-49% and the mortality is 3%-25%. Mortality of right pneumonectomy is triple that of left pneumonectomy. Postpneumonectomy complications include cardiopulmonary failure, bronchopleural fistula and postpneumonectomy syndrome. Besides the symptomatic treatment, which includes flushing drainage, plugging and operation, observation and prompt diagnosis are necessary for prevention. This review is focused on the prevention and treatment of complications after pneumonectomy.
在過去二十年間,麻醉技術和手術技術的改進使肺部惡性腫瘤患者的手術死亡率大大降低,但術后并發癥仍是主要問題。肺切除術后的常見并發癥是肺部并發癥[1],主要表現是低氧血癥,尤其在肺功能減退的肺切除患者中發病率更高[2]。目前國內對低氧血癥的診斷缺乏統一的診斷標準,一些作者采用Russell等[3]提出的標準,吸空氣氧的情況下,患者動脈血氧飽和度(SpO2)≤92%,大于30 s就可診斷為術后低氧血癥。也有作者建議[4]將一次或以上血氣檢查PaO2lt;8 kPa或PaO2/FiO2lt;300 mm Hg(1 mm Hg=0.133 kPa)作為診斷低氧血癥的標準。30%~50%的術后患者可發生低氧血癥,一般認為這樣的低氧血癥是一過性的,對大多數患者是無害的[5]。但如果合并心腦或其他器官動脈硬化或其他原因的血管阻塞,這種低氧血癥就是很危險的[6]。常見低氧血癥的原因是肺萎陷不張和誤吸、心源性肺水腫、靜脈輸入液體過量、通氣血流比例失調和急性肺損傷/急性呼吸窘迫綜合征(ALI/ARDS)[7],其中ALI/ARDS是肺切除術后患者死亡的主要原因[8-10]。
ObjectiveTo evaluate the correlation between positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) level and postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) in patients undergoing thoracoscopic lung surgery. MethodsThe clinical data of patients who underwent elective thoracoscopic lung surgery at West China Hospital of Sichuan University from January 2022 to June 2023 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were divided into 2 groups according to intraoperative PEEP levels: a PEEP 5 cm H2O group and a PEEP 10 cm H2O group. The incidence of PPCs in the two groups after matching was compared using a nearest neighbor matching method with a ratio of 1∶1, setting the clamp value as 0.02. ResultsA total of 538 patients were screened, and after propensity score-matching, a total of 229 pairs (458 patients) were matched, with an average age of 53.9 years and 69.4% (318/458) females. A total of 118 (25.8%) patients had PPCs during hospitalization after surgery, including 60 (26.2%) patients in the PEEP 5 cm H2O group and 58 (25.3%) patients in the PEEP 10 cm H2O group, with no statistically significant difference between the two groups [OR=0.997, 95%CI (0.495, 1.926), P=0.915]. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that PEEP was not an independent risk factor for PPCs [OR=0.920, 95%CI (0.587, 1.441), P=0.715]. ConclusionFor patients undergoing thoracoscopic lung surgery, intraoperative PEEP (5 cm H2O or 10 cm H2O) is not associated with the risk of PPCs during hospitalization after surgery, which needs to be further verified by prospective, large-sample randomized controlled studies.
Abstract: The principles of 2010 National Comprehensive Cancer Network(NCCN) clinical practice guidelines in non-small cell lung cancer address that anatomic pulmonary resection is preferred for the majority of patients with non-small cell lung cancer and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a reasonable and acceptable approach for patients with no anatomic or surgical contraindications. By reviewing the literatures on general treatment, pulmonary segmentectomy, pulmonary function reserve, and the anatomic issue of early stage non-small cell lung cancer surgery, the feasibility and reliability of thoracoscopic pulmonary segmentectomy are showed.