Tubeless video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in mediastinal tumor resection
Weixue Cui, Danxia Huang, Hengrui Liang, Guilin Peng, Mengyang Liu, Run Li, Xin Xu, Jianxing He
Abstract
BACKGROUND: It has been reported that tubeless video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (tubeless-VATS) is feasible and safe for thoracic diseases. Herein, we compared the early outcomes of mediastinal lesion resection between the tubeless and traditional VATS. METHODS: Clinical data of all patients who underwent thoracoscopic mediastinal tumor resection were retrospectively collected. The study involved two groups: tubeless and traditional VATS group. Propensity score matching (PSM) was applied to eliminate the population bias. Intraoperative and postoperative variables were compared among matched cohorts. RESULTS: . 5.47 days; P=0.002) was shorter in tubeless group. CONCLUSIONS: Compared with traditional VATS, tubeless VATS for mediastinal tumor may shorten the anesthesia time, decrease postoperative pain and fasten postoperative recovery in carefully selected patients.