Video-assisted thoracic surgery pneumonectomy: the first case report in Poland

Cezary Piwkowski; Piotr Gabryel; Mariusz Kasprzyk; Wojciech Dyszkiewicz

doi:10.5114/wiitm.2011.28869

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Video-assisted thoracic surgery pneumonectomy: the first case report in Poland

Cezary Piwkowski

,

Piotr Gabryel

,

Mariusz Kasprzyk

,

Wojciech Dyszkiewicz

Videosurgery Miniinv 2012; 7 (3): 197-201

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/wiitm.2011.28869

Online publish date: 2012/06/25

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Minimally invasive video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy has proved to be equal and in some aspects superior to open lobectomy in T1 and T2 lung cancers. Indications for VATS pneumonectomy however are still not clearly defined and strictly limited. The minimally invasive VATS pneumonectomy can be undertaken in patients with centrally located tumors without extended invasion of the large pulmonary vessels, chest wall, pericardium, mediastinal structures or proximal part of the main bronchus and when sleeve resection is not feasible (T2). We present a case of a patient who underwent left VATS pneumonectomy due to left lung cancer. Based on the preoperative examinations any kind of less extensive resection than pneumonectomy was excluded. Our VATS technique consisted of three incisions: two ports and a 5-6 cm long utility incision without any kind of rib spreading. The whole of the procedure was controlled on the monitor via a thoracoscope and the technique of resection was described in detail. Total surgery time was 130 min and blood loss was 150 ml. The chest tube was removed on the 2nd post-operative day and the patient was discharged home on the 8th postoperative day. The final histopathological examination confirmed squamous cell lung cancer (T2aN0M0 stage IB). In the authors’ opinion VATS pneumonectomy should be performed only in centers with extensive experience in minimally invasive VATS lobectomy. Despite limited indications for VATS pneumonectomy, if the patients fulfill the VATS pneumonectomy inclusion criteria they may gain from all the advantages of minimally invasive techniques.

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Video-assisted thoracic surgery pneumonectomy: the first case report in Poland

Cezary Piwkowski , Piotr Gabryel , Mariusz Kasprzyk , Wojciech Dyszkiewicz

video-assisted thoracic surgery, pneumonectomy, lung cancer

Cezary Piwkowski

,

Piotr Gabryel

,

Mariusz Kasprzyk

,

Wojciech Dyszkiewicz