Single incision thoracoscopic right upper lobectomy with systematic lymph node dissection.
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) provides less postoperative pain, preservation of the immune response and shorter recovery period, compared with thoracotomy. However, many patients complain of postoperative pain and paresthesia because VATS requires 3 or 4 incisions including a utility incision of 3-5 cm. To overcome this problem, single incision thoracoscopic surgery has emerged; this technique has been adopted for lung cancer surgery since 2010. Complete mediastinal lymph node dissection is the major role of lung cancer surgery. We describe a case of a right upper lobectomy with complete mediastinal lymph node dissection via single incision thoracosopic surgery.
Hyun Woo
HW
Jeon
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Bucheon St, Mary's Hospital, Gyeongigido Sosaro, Wonmi gu, Bucheon city 420-717, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701, Republic of Korea. ydkim@catholic.ac.kr.
Young-Du
YD
Kim
Young Kyu
YK
Moon
Young Pil
YP
Wang
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*