Muscle sparing thoracotomy

OBJECTIVES: Median sternotomy or staged thoracotomies are generally the preferred surgical treatment options for bilateral lung hydatid cysts. According to literature, it is usually recommended to wait from 3 weeks to 3 months between bilateral staged thoracotomies. The aim of this study is to compare postoperative complications, hospitalization days and morbidity and mortality ratios between unilateral thoracotomy and bilateral staged thoracotomy groups and to evaluate the safety of performing bilateral staged thoracotomy within 1 week for lung hydatid cysts in pediatric patients...

Background: This retrospective study is designed to compare the surgical outcomes of mediastinal lymph node (MLN) dissection between the two groups of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients underwent lung cancer surgery through video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) or thoracotomy, as well as classify the differences and identify the safer method between two groups. Methods: A total of 497 patients underwent pulmonary lobectomy and systemic MLN dissection were enrolled in this study...

BACKGROUND: Patient outcomes after muscle sparing minimally invasive thoracotomy rib fixation (MSMIT-ORF) in geriatric G60 trauma patients remain poorly studied. This study determined the effect of MSMIT-ORF on pulmonary function (PFT). Non-operatively managed (NOM) patients were also described. METHODS: Medical records of G60 patients with severe rib fractures with PFTs measured before and after MSMIT-ORF were examined. Patient outcomes (MSMIT-ORF vs NOM) were adjusted in a multivariate logistic regression model...

Introduction: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an interstitial lung disease with a fatal prognosis. The diagnosis is made on the basis of high-resolution computed tomography and histological examination in selected cases. Aim: To determine the risk of complications of open lung biopsy performed in patients with IPF. Material and methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of 51 patients who underwent diagnostic excision of pulmonary parenchyma due to IPF in the period 1995-2014...

BACKGROUND: The lungs are among the first organ affected by remote metastases from many primary tumors. The surgical resection of isolated pulmonary metastases represents an important and effective element of therapy. This is a retrospective study about our entire experience with pulmonary resection for metastatic cancer using 1318-nm neodymium-doped yttrium-aluminum garnet laser. METHOD: In this single-institution study, we retrospectively analyzed a group of 209 patients previously treated for primary malignant solid tumors...

PURPOSE: High thoracotomy allows access to the anterior cervicothoracic and upper thoracic vertebrae; however, traditional techniques transect shoulder girdle muscles, leading to postoperative shoulder dysfunction. Muscle-sparing techniques diminish this concern, but often sacrifice the quality of exposure. We describe a novel muscle-sparing, high thoracotomy approach for the treatment of ventral cervicothoracic and upper thoracic spine lesions. METHODS: A novel muscle-sparing, high thoracotomy approach is described, utilizing a midline posterior incision with lateral extension from the lateral decubitus position...

Although pulmonary function was better after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy than after open thoracotomy lobectomy, it is unclear whether postoperative pulmonary function after VATS lobectomy is better than that after mini-thoracotomy lobectomy. The aim of this study is to determine whether the former is better than the latter. VATS lobectomies were performed using endoscopic techniques through a 3-4-cm skin incision spread by a silicon rubber retractor and two or three trocars. Mini-thoracotomy lobectomies were performed through a 7-12-cm skin incision spread by rib retractors made of metal and one or two trocars...

BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal deformities (MD), including scoliosis and chest wall anomalies, are potential long-term complications of neonatal thoracotomies. METHODS: We studied the incidence of MD in patients who underwent open repair of esophageal atresia between 1997 and 2012, had no other predisposition to MD, and subsequently received longitudinal follow-up in a multidisciplinary esophageal atresia clinic. Detailed chest wall and musculoskeletal exams were performed at each visit...

Thoracic surgical procedures can be either thoracotomy or thoracoscopy. In thoracotomy, the incision could be either muscle-cutting or muscle-sparing incision. The posterolateral thoracotomy incision is used for most general thoracic surgical procedures. This incision, which involves division of the latissimus dorsi and serratus anterior muscles, affords excellent exposure of the thoracic cavity. However, it is associated with significant morbidity, including impaired pulmonary function, postoperative chest pain, and restricted arm and shoulder movement...

OBJECTIVE: To compare short-term complications and long-term survival outcomes between muscle-sparing thoracotomy (MST) and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) groups using a propensity-score matching process. METHODS: One thousand eighty-three patients with cT1 N0 M0 lung cancer from January 2009 to December 2014 who underwent lobectomy and a systematic lymph node dissection were retrospectively included, and statistical analyses including a propensity-score matching process were used to compare short-term and long-term outcomes...

OBJECTIVES: The objective of the present study was to compare functional loss [forced expiratory volume in one second to forced vital capacity ratio (FEV1), DLCO and VO2max reduction] after VATS versus open lobectomies. METHODS: We performed a prospective observational study on 195 patients who had a pulmonary lobectomy from June 2010 to November 2014 and who were able to complete a 3-months functional evaluation follow-up program. Since the VATS technique was our first choice for performing lobectomies from January 2012, we divided the patients into two groups: the OPEN group (112 patients) and the VATS group (83 patients)...

OBJECTIVE: To report an initial experience with a digital drainage system during the postoperative period of pediatric thoracic surgery. METHODS: This was a prospective observational study involving consecutive patients, ≤ 14 years of age, treated at a pediatric thoracic surgery outpatient clinic, for whom pulmonary resection (lobectomy or segmentectomy via muscle-sparing thoracotomy) was indicated. The parameters evaluated were air leak (as quantified with the digital system), biosafety, duration of drainage, length of hospital stay, and complications...

Minimally invasive resections are increasingly employed in oncologic surgery for esophageal carcinoma. The new German S3 guideline states that esophagectomy, as well as reconstruction of the esophagus, can be performed minimally invasively or in combination with open techniques (hybrid). However, the current value of different techniques - ranging from complete minimally invasive esophagectomy over hybrid to robotic surgery - remains unregarded.This review provides a critical comparison of these techniques based on current evidence...

BACKGROUND: Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is one of the most common congenital heart defects. Once diagnosed, an immediate pharmacologic or invasive treatment should be performed. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of surgical PDA ligation in children using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in comparison with a conventional muscle-sparing posterolateral thoracotomy technique (MSPLT). MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this single-center, retrospective study 173 children qualified for surgical PDA closure were enrolled...

BACKGROUND: Thoracotomy leads to chronic neuropathic pain in up to 50% of patients and is responsible for an impaired quality of life. Intercostal nerve injury has been suggested to be responsible for this pain. In the present study the impact of paravertebral intercostal neurectomy on post thoracotomy pain was assessed. METHODS: In this single center parallel-group randomized controlled trial patients underwent muscle sparing anterolateral thoracotomy and anatomical lung resection for lung cancer...

Videothoracic surgery for lung cancer is now an established practice but there is a division of opinion between surgeons whose aim is to spare all patients a thoracotomy and those who have not adopted videoscopic methods for routine lobectomy. The latter remain in the majority; most patients at present have a thoracotomy. Surgeons from Europe and America met in Catania, Sicily at the 3(rd) Mediterranean Symposium on Thoracic Surgical Oncology to explore the evidence and the routes to making videothoracoscopic surgery a standard of care...

INTRODUCTION: Chronic postthoracotomy pain is a significant adverse outcome of thoracic surgery. We evaluated with a prospective randomized trial the effect of a multimodal no-compression suture technique of the intercostal space on postoperative pain occurrence in patients undergoing minithoracotomy. METHODS: Patients undergoing a muscle-sparing lateral minithoracotomy for different thoracic diseases were randomly divided into two groups: 146 patients received intercostal muscle flap harvesting and pericostal no-compression "edge" suture (the IMF group), and 151 patients received a standard suture technique associated with an intrapleural intercostal nerve block (the IINB group)...

BACKGROUND: Postoperative morbidity and inhospital length of stay are considered major determinants of total health care expenditure associated with thoracic operations. The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate the role of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) compared to mini-muscle-sparing thoracotomy in facilitating early recovery and hospital discharge after pulmonary sublobar wedge resections. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total number of 120 patients undergoing elective pulmonary sublobar wedge resection were randomly assigned to VATS (n = 60) or mini-muscle-sparing thoracotomy (n = 60)...

In our department, we have attempted to reduce the incidence of complications of conventional esophagectomy. The objective of this retrospective study was to report the short-term outcomes of esophagectomy. We reviewed 138 consecutive patients who had undergone subtotal esophagectomy by combined laparotomy via a 12-cm upper abdominal vertical incision combined with right anterior muscle-sparing thoracotomy from August 2010 to August 2014. Most of the cervical para-esophageal lymph node dissection was completed within the thoracic cavity...

BACKGROUND: Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has been shown to effectively reduce postoperative pain, enhance mobilization of the patients, shorten in-hospital length of stay, and minimize postoperative morbidity rates. The aim of this prospective study is to evaluate neuroendocrine and respiratory parameters as stress markers in cancer patients who underwent lung wedge resections, using both mini muscle-sparing thoracotomy and VATS approach. METHODS: The patients were randomly allocated into two groups: Group A (n=30) involved patients who were operated on using the VATS approach, while in group B (n=30), the mini muscle-sparing thoracotomy approach was used...