This study sought to report our 6-year experience with the LigaSure vessel sealing system（LVSS） in videoassisted thoracoscopic surgery（VATS） for primary spontaneous pneumothorax.A series of 180 consecutive patient...This study sought to report our 6-year experience with the LigaSure vessel sealing system（LVSS） in videoassisted thoracoscopic surgery（VATS） for primary spontaneous pneumothorax.A series of 180 consecutive patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax were operated on in our institution from May 2005 to December 2010.Intraoperatively,large lesions（bullae or blebs） with a diameter more than 2 cm were resected by staplers,and the residual lesions were treated by LVSS.LVSS was also used to ablate the apical area when no lesions were found.Conventional apical pleural abrasion was done in all cases.All patients were successfully treated using VATS with minimal perioperative bleeding.The mean operating time was 76 minutes（range,43-160 minutes） for single-side procedures and 169 minutes（range,135-195 minutes） for bilateral procedures,the mean number of applied staples was 1.93 per patient（range,0-8 days）,the duration of drainage was 3.8 days（range,2-15 days）,and the duration of hospital stay was 5.8 days（range,3-16 days）.Postoperative complications included persistent air leak（〉 5 days） in 11 cases（6.1%） and residual pneumothorax in 6（3.3%）.None required reoperation.The mean duration of follow-up was 57 months（range,24-105 months）.Recurrence was seen in three cases（1.7%）,and all underwent another operation thereafter.None of the lesions in the relapse cases received ablation with LVSS in the first operation.LVSS can optimize VATS for primary spontaneous pneumothorax and reduces the use of single-use staples.The method is safe,easy to use,and cost-effective and produces satisfactory results.展开更多
Lung surgery under spontaneous ventilation(non-intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery,niVATS)picked up a lot of momentum during the past few years.Surgeons and anesthetists alike want to forgo known risks of o...Lung surgery under spontaneous ventilation(non-intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery,niVATS)picked up a lot of momentum during the past few years.Surgeons and anesthetists alike want to forgo known risks of orotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation,ranging from local complications,like mucosal injury or even deleterious tracheal laceration and rupture,to increased release of pro-inflammatory cytokines and diaphragmatic dysfunction secondary to muscle relaxation.Despite initial adoption of VATS in Germany having been slow due to a general reticence towards it in smaller units,major thoracic centers nowadays have well-established minimally invasive programs and even perform minor non-intubated procedures on a regular basis.Experience with major niVATS cases still is sparse across Western Europe,and limited to specialized and highly trained centers,where exceptionally complex and often multimorbid patients can safely undergo lung surgery under spontaneous ventilation.Our group pioneered niVATS lobectomy in Germany back in 2018,and since then we tried to spread the technique by means of multidisciplinary Masterclass-courses held at our center,in which the participant’s initial reticence to perform niVATS often changed to enthusiasm for the procedure.This in turn led several visiting units to start with their own programs,and some of them even reported their initial experience.This article offers a short historic overview of VATS in general,gives an insight into how niVATS got pioneered in Germany and presents the current state of affairs.展开更多
Lung major resections involving bronchovascular reconstruction pose a surgical challenge due to their technical complexity and frequency.The traditional techniques to perform vascular or bronchial reconstructions thro...Lung major resections involving bronchovascular reconstruction pose a surgical challenge due to their technical complexity and frequency.The traditional techniques to perform vascular or bronchial reconstructions through multiportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery(VATS)approach can be applied also by uniportal VATS approach.Nevertheless,specific tools have already been developed in order to facilitate these procedures through uniportal VATS approach increasing comfort and workspace through the single port utility.These procedures must be performed just in very highly uniportal VATS trained teams and it is recommended that teams who perform these techniques previously have completed the advanced learning curve for lung major resections through uniportal VATS approach.The aim of this paper is to describe the major key points for performing most frequent bronchovascular reconstructions through uniportal VATS approach in a safe and feasible way.Operative technique is step by step described in order to safely perform most common uniportal VATS left/right side lung major bronchovascular resections and reconstructions.Specific tip and tricks are detailed in order to facilitate vascular control,bronchovascular reconstructions and unexpected bleeding control through uniportal VATS approach.展开更多
背景与目的胸腔镜胸腺切除术相比开放手术治疗早期(Masaoka-Koga Ⅰ期或Ⅱ期)胸腺恶性肿瘤在理论上具有优势,然而尚未有研究报道其在长期生存率方面的差异。本研究基于中国胸腺肿瘤研究协作组(Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymoma...背景与目的胸腔镜胸腺切除术相比开放手术治疗早期(Masaoka-Koga Ⅰ期或Ⅱ期)胸腺恶性肿瘤在理论上具有优势,然而尚未有研究报道其在长期生存率方面的差异。本研究基于中国胸腺肿瘤研究协作组(Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas,ChART)的数据库对此进行了研究。方法以数据库中1994年到2012年间的1,117例早期(Masaoka-Koga Ⅰ期或Ⅱ期)胸腺恶性肿瘤患者为研究对象。其中241例行胸腔镜胸腺切除术,876例行开放手术。采用单因素分析比较两组的临床资料与围手术期结果方面的差异。采用多因素分析明确影响长期预后的相关因素。结果与开放手术组相比,胸腔镜组的全胸腺切除比例更高(80.5%vs73.9%,P=0.028),根治性切除率更高(98.8%vs 88.7%,P<0.000),而复发率更低(2.9%vs 16.0%,P<0.001),5年无瘤生存率更高(92%vs 83%,P=0.011),而两组的5年生存率接近(92%vs 92%,P=0.15)。Cox比例风险模型分析显示WHO分型、Masaoka-Koga分期和术后辅助治疗是影响胸腺恶性肿瘤长期生存的独立因素。结论胸腔镜胸腺切除术是治疗早期胸腺恶性肿瘤安全有效的方法,与开放手术相比其围手术期效果更好,肿瘤学疗效一致。展开更多
文摘This study sought to report our 6-year experience with the LigaSure vessel sealing system（LVSS） in videoassisted thoracoscopic surgery（VATS） for primary spontaneous pneumothorax.A series of 180 consecutive patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax were operated on in our institution from May 2005 to December 2010.Intraoperatively,large lesions（bullae or blebs） with a diameter more than 2 cm were resected by staplers,and the residual lesions were treated by LVSS.LVSS was also used to ablate the apical area when no lesions were found.Conventional apical pleural abrasion was done in all cases.All patients were successfully treated using VATS with minimal perioperative bleeding.The mean operating time was 76 minutes（range,43-160 minutes） for single-side procedures and 169 minutes（range,135-195 minutes） for bilateral procedures,the mean number of applied staples was 1.93 per patient（range,0-8 days）,the duration of drainage was 3.8 days（range,2-15 days）,and the duration of hospital stay was 5.8 days（range,3-16 days）.Postoperative complications included persistent air leak（〉 5 days） in 11 cases（6.1%） and residual pneumothorax in 6（3.3%）.None required reoperation.The mean duration of follow-up was 57 months（range,24-105 months）.Recurrence was seen in three cases（1.7%）,and all underwent another operation thereafter.None of the lesions in the relapse cases received ablation with LVSS in the first operation.LVSS can optimize VATS for primary spontaneous pneumothorax and reduces the use of single-use staples.The method is safe,easy to use,and cost-effective and produces satisfactory results.
文摘Lung surgery under spontaneous ventilation(non-intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery,niVATS)picked up a lot of momentum during the past few years.Surgeons and anesthetists alike want to forgo known risks of orotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation,ranging from local complications,like mucosal injury or even deleterious tracheal laceration and rupture,to increased release of pro-inflammatory cytokines and diaphragmatic dysfunction secondary to muscle relaxation.Despite initial adoption of VATS in Germany having been slow due to a general reticence towards it in smaller units,major thoracic centers nowadays have well-established minimally invasive programs and even perform minor non-intubated procedures on a regular basis.Experience with major niVATS cases still is sparse across Western Europe,and limited to specialized and highly trained centers,where exceptionally complex and often multimorbid patients can safely undergo lung surgery under spontaneous ventilation.Our group pioneered niVATS lobectomy in Germany back in 2018,and since then we tried to spread the technique by means of multidisciplinary Masterclass-courses held at our center,in which the participant’s initial reticence to perform niVATS often changed to enthusiasm for the procedure.This in turn led several visiting units to start with their own programs,and some of them even reported their initial experience.This article offers a short historic overview of VATS in general,gives an insight into how niVATS got pioneered in Germany and presents the current state of affairs.
文摘Lung major resections involving bronchovascular reconstruction pose a surgical challenge due to their technical complexity and frequency.The traditional techniques to perform vascular or bronchial reconstructions through multiportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery(VATS)approach can be applied also by uniportal VATS approach.Nevertheless,specific tools have already been developed in order to facilitate these procedures through uniportal VATS approach increasing comfort and workspace through the single port utility.These procedures must be performed just in very highly uniportal VATS trained teams and it is recommended that teams who perform these techniques previously have completed the advanced learning curve for lung major resections through uniportal VATS approach.The aim of this paper is to describe the major key points for performing most frequent bronchovascular reconstructions through uniportal VATS approach in a safe and feasible way.Operative technique is step by step described in order to safely perform most common uniportal VATS left/right side lung major bronchovascular resections and reconstructions.Specific tip and tricks are detailed in order to facilitate vascular control,bronchovascular reconstructions and unexpected bleeding control through uniportal VATS approach.
文摘背景与目的胸腔镜胸腺切除术相比开放手术治疗早期(Masaoka-Koga Ⅰ期或Ⅱ期)胸腺恶性肿瘤在理论上具有优势,然而尚未有研究报道其在长期生存率方面的差异。本研究基于中国胸腺肿瘤研究协作组(Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas,ChART)的数据库对此进行了研究。方法以数据库中1994年到2012年间的1,117例早期(Masaoka-Koga Ⅰ期或Ⅱ期)胸腺恶性肿瘤患者为研究对象。其中241例行胸腔镜胸腺切除术,876例行开放手术。采用单因素分析比较两组的临床资料与围手术期结果方面的差异。采用多因素分析明确影响长期预后的相关因素。结果与开放手术组相比,胸腔镜组的全胸腺切除比例更高(80.5%vs73.9%,P=0.028),根治性切除率更高(98.8%vs 88.7%,P<0.000),而复发率更低(2.9%vs 16.0%,P<0.001),5年无瘤生存率更高(92%vs 83%,P=0.011),而两组的5年生存率接近(92%vs 92%,P=0.15)。Cox比例风险模型分析显示WHO分型、Masaoka-Koga分期和术后辅助治疗是影响胸腺恶性肿瘤长期生存的独立因素。结论胸腔镜胸腺切除术是治疗早期胸腺恶性肿瘤安全有效的方法,与开放手术相比其围手术期效果更好,肿瘤学疗效一致。
