%0 Online Multimedia %A Yang, Xueying %A Wang, Linlin %D 2017 %T Subxiphoid uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for synchronous bilateral lung resection %U https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/media/Subxiphoid_uniportal_video-assisted_thoracoscopic_surgery_for_synchronous_bilateral_lung_resection/5573185 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.5573185 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/9686476 %K Uniportal thoracoscopy %K subxiphoid %K bilateral lung resection %K minimally invasive surgery %X

Objectives: With advancements in medical imaging and current emphasis on regular physical examinations, multiple pulmonary lesions increasingly are being detected, including bilateral pulmonary lesions. Video-assisted thoracic surgery is an important method for treating such lesions. Most of video-assisted thoracic surgeries for bilateral pulmonary lesions were two separate operations. Herein, we report a novel technique of synchronous subxiphoid uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for bilateral pulmonary lesions.

Methods: Synchronous bilateral lung resection procedures were performed through a single incision (~4 cm, subxiphoid).

Results: This technique was used successfully in 11 patients with bilateral pulmonary lesions. There were no intraoperative deaths or mortality recorded at 30 days.

Conclusions: Our results show that the subxiphoid uniportal thoracoscopic procedure is a safe and feasible surgical procedure for synchronous bilateral lung resection with less surgical trauma, postoperative pain and better cosmetic results in qualifying patients. Further analysis is ongoing, involving a larger number of subjects.

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