title: [Initial report of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy in Japan].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Maebashi, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamiyoshihara
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Igai
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ibe
authors.forename: Natsuko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawatani
authors.forename: Kimihiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Izumi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takeyoshi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed