Clinical effect of thoracoscopic subxiphoid small incision in the treatment of bilateral thymomas
CHENG Shao-xian1 XU Wen-li1 AI Rui-hua1 ZHANG Yao-qing1 LIAO Yong-de2▲
1.The Second Department of General Surgery,Xiehe Jingshan Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Hubei Province,Jingshan 431800,China;
2.Department of Thoracic Surgery,Affiliated Tongji Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Hubei Province,Wuhan 430030,China
Abstract:Objective To compare the clinical effects of routine thoracotomy,VATS intercostal surgery and VATS subxiphoid small incision in the treatment of early thymomas,and to investigate the feasibility and superiority of VATS subxiphoid small incision surgery for bilateral thymomas.Methods A total of 62 patients with thymoma who met the diagnosis criteria of phaseⅠ-Ⅱ of the Masaoka staging method in our hospital from January 2014 to June 2017 were selected as the study subjects.They were assigned to different groups based on different surgical methods.A total of 16 patients were given VATS subxiphoid small incision surgery,24 patients were given VATS intercostal surgery,and 22 patients were given a traditional frontal and midline incision sternotomy.The surgery time,intraoperative blood loss,drainage time,length of stay,pain degree,antibacterial time,complication rate,and patient satisfaction were compared between the three groups.Results The operative time,postoperative drainage time,antibacterial time and postoperative hospitalization days in VATS subxiphoid group were shorter than those in VATS intercostal group and sternotomy group,the intraoperative blood loss in VATS subxiphoid group was less than that in VATS intercostal group and sternotomy group,with significant difference(P<0.05).The incidence rate of complications in the three groups was 6.25%,12.50%,18.18%,and satisfaction was 81%,59%,42%,and the differences were statistically significant(P<0.05).The advantage of VATS subxiphoid group was significant.During the follow-up period,no recurrence or metastasis was observed in all the three groups.Conclusion The VATS subxiphoid small incision in the treatment of bilateral thymoma reduces the surgical trauma,reduces the incidence rate of complications,alleviates the patient′s pain and shortens the hospital stay.It is worthy of clinical promotion and application.
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