Table 1 Indication of single incision thoracoscopic surgery
From: Clinical application of single incision thoracoscopic surgery: early experience of 264 cases
Type of thoracic disease | Operation | Additional incision | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pneumothorax (n = 194) | PSP (n = 172) | Resection of blebs/bullae | n = 8, 4.7% | |
SSP (n = 22) | n = 4, 18.2% | |||
Mediastinal tumor | Thymic cyst (n = 4) | Mass excision | Neurogenic tumor (n = 1, 9.1%) | Tumor size |
Anterior (n = 7) | Thymoma (n = 1) | (R: 1.2-6.7 cm) | ||
Posterior (n = 4) | Pericardial cyst (n = 1) | |||
Neurogenic tumor (n = 4) | ||||
Mature teratoma (n = 1) | ||||
Interstitial lung disease (n = 21) | RUL (n = 3) | Wedge resection | n = 4, 19% | |
RML (n = 1) | 1 site (n = 15) | RLL 1 | ||
RLL (n = 5) | 2 site (n = 6) | RUL & RLL 1 | ||
LUL (n = 2) | RML & RLL 1 | |||
LLL (n = 4) | LUL & LLL 1 | |||
RUL & RLL (n = 2) | ||||
RML & RLL (n = 1) | ||||
LUL & LLL (n = 3) | ||||
Solitary pulmonary nodule (n = 5) | RML (n = 1) | Wedge resection | n = 2, 40% | |
RLL (n = 2) | RLL 1 | |||
LUL (n = 2) | LUL 1 | |||
Empyema (n = 11) | Non-TB (n = 10) | Decortication | n = 6, 54.5% | |
TB (n = 1) | ||||
Mediastinal | 4R (n = 1) | Lymph node biopsy | n = 2, 66.7% | Reason: bleeding |
lymphadenopathy (n = 3) | 5 (n = 1) | LN location | ||
6,7 (n = 1) | ||||
Pleural seeding and/or pulmonary metastases (n = 6) | Lung cancer (n = 3) | Biopsy of parietal pleura and/or pleurodesis Biopsy of lung | 0 | |
Metastases (n = 3) | ||||
Pericardial effusion (n = 3) | Unknown etiology (n = 1) | Pericardial window formation | 0 | 6th ICS approach, left |
Post CT (n = 1) | ||||
Postoperative (n = 1) | ||||
Lung cancer (n = 3) | RUL (n = 2) | Lobectomy & mediastinal LN dissection | 0 | 4-5 cm skin incision |
RLL (n = 1) | ||||
Inflammatory lung disease (n = 6) | Lobectomy | 0 | 2.5 cm skin incision | |
Bronchiectasis (n = 1) | :LLL | |||
Aspergillosis (n = 1) | :RUL | |||
Lobar emphysema (n = 1) | :LUL | |||
Tuberculosis (n = 3) | Biopsy of lung | |||
Postoperative bleeding (n = 1) | Hematoma evacuation | 0 | Due to mechanical pleurodesis | |