Initial report of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy in Japan
Kamiyoshihara, M.; Igai, H.; Ibe, T.; Kawatani, N.; Shimizu, K.; Takeyoshi, I.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 67(7): 540-543
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 25137322 Document Number: 676810
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.