The chest tube was adjusted with side holes made between the diaphragm and the lung lobe to drain pleural effusion. After surgery, all patients were given multimodal analgesia. ERAS program We developed a VATS-specific ERAS program as previously described [14, 20, 21] and modified this program...
Unilateral phrenicotomy. During similar anesthetic conditions as above, a 1.5-cm-long left lateral thoracotomy was made betweenthe eighth and ninth rib adjacent to the costochondral junction.Elevation of the left caudal lung lobe allowed the left phrenicnerve to be visualized running in a craniocau...
including robotic lobectomy. The removal of a lobe (section) of the lung, lobectomy is an option for patients with early stage cancer that has not spread to other organs.
VATS, as a minimally invasive surgery, involves small incisions in the chest to insert a camera, which reduces postoperative recovery time and lowers the risk of postoperative complications. These characteristics make VATS an ideal choice for day surgery [5]. Since 2019, our day surgery centre ...
Furthermore, 47% of respondents would not perform major lung resections in patients who are current smokers [15]. In the context of the National Health System (NHS) the time constraints associated with cancer surgery have to be considered, as surgery cannot be delayed to allow patients at ...