title: [Single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pulmonary diseases: analysis of 158 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the clinical value of single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for treatment of pulmonary diseases.
  
  
  METHODS
  From October, 2009 to December, 2013, 105 patients with pulmonary diseases were scheduled for single-pore VATS for pulmonary lobectomy (19 patients), wedge resection of the lung (34 patients), and bullae resection and pleurodesis for spontaneous pneumothorax or pulmonary bleb (52 patients).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 105 patients, 101 patients underwent single-port VATS; the procedure was converted to open thoracotomy in 1 patient and to conventional three-port VATS in 2 patients. The operative time was 50.6∓36.8 min (20-200 min) with intraoperative blood loss of 70∓56.9 ml (10-300 ml), thoracic drainage time of 4.2∓3.2 days (2-14 days), and postoperative hospital stay of 5.4∓3.8 days (3-16 days). Postoperative complications of the procedures included prolonged air leakage (6 cases) and atelectasis (2 cases). All the other patients recovered smoothly without serious complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Single-port VATS is a safe and efficient procedure that allows rapid postoperative recovery and is a method of choice for selected patients with pulmonary diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Foshan First People's Hospital, Foshan 528000, China.E-mail: fshysli@163.com.
authors.forename: Shengli
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Weiquan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Lewei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lingjun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Meifang
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D011030:Pneumothorax; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011184:Postoperative Period; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013908:Thoracotomy