title: Bronchoplasty using continuous suture in complete monitor view: a suitable method of thoracoscopic sleeve lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Our study aims to determine the value of bronchial anastomosis using complete continuous suture.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six patients diagnosed with central lung carcinoma who were candidates for right-sided sleeve lobectomy and underwent sleeve resection of the right upper lobe by thoracoscopic surgical procedure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean surgical time was 182 min (range, 110 to 260 min). The mean time of bronchial anastomosis was 49 min (range, 18 to 76 min). The mean bleeding was 110 mL (range, 50 to 260 mL). Median chest tube drainage was 305 mL (range, 200 to 600 mL). No perioperative deaths or major complications occurred. The postoperative bronchoscopy confirmed no stenosis. The mean follow-up time was 19.2 months (range, 7 to 34 months), and six patients were alive.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Bronchial anastomosis using complete continuous suture may be a suitable method in thoracoscopic sleeve lobectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University, Nanjing, 210029, China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University, Nanjing, 210029, China.
authors.forename: Zhengcheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University, Nanjing, 210029, China.
authors.forename: Yanqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University, Nanjing, 210029, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University, Nanjing, 210029, China. njyrs_md@188.com.|Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Chest Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210029, China. njyrs_md@188.com.
authors.forename: Rusong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D013537:Sutures; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Bronchoplasty; Continuous suture; Non-small cell lung cancer; Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)