title: [Safety and technical feasibility of single-direction VATS lobectomy: a review of 1040 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the safety and technical feasibility of single-direction video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy for patients with pulmonary diseases.
  
  
  METHODS
  From May 2006 to Sep 2012, 1040 patients with pulmonary diseases were treated by single-direction video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy. These included 565 men (54.3%) and 475 women (45.7%), with a mean age of (56.3 +/- 13.2) years. The patients suffered from lung cancer (800), benign disease (205), pulmonary metastases (34), and lymphoma (1). Their perioperative data were collected and reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 1040 patients, 7 died (0.67%); 18 (1.73%) were converted to open surgery; 134 had postoperative complications (12.88%). The patients underwent an average of (169 +/- 64) min operations, lost an average of (93 +/- 113) mL (range, 5-935 mL) blood, had an average of (3.3 +/- 1.9) cm (range, 1.2-12 cm) diameters of mass removed and an average (15.8 +/- 7.7) (range, 5-52) lymph nodes dissected. The patients had an average of (3.8 +/- 2.6) days (range, 1-16 days) drainage during an average of (7.0 +/- 2.8) days (range, 4-19 days) postoperative hospital stay.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Single-direction thoracoscopic lobectomy is a safe and feasible surgical procedure in the treatment of pulmonary diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Guo-Wei
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Che
authors.forename: Jian-Dong
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.forename: Hu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yi-Dan
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Ying-Li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Kou
authors.forename: Jun-Jie
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Lun-Xu
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008198:Lymph Nodes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted