Elisa Meacci, Majed Refai, Dania Nachira, Michele Salati, Khrystyna Kuzmych, Diomira Tabacco, Edoardo Zanfrini, Giuseppe Calabrese, Antonio Giulio Napolitano, Maria Teresa Congedo, Marco Chiappetta, Leonardo Petracca-Ciavarella, Carolina Sassorossi, Marco Andolfi, Francesco Xiumè, Michela Tiberi, Gian Marco Guiducci, Maria Letizia Vita, Alberto Roncon, Anna Chiara Nanto, Stefano Margaritora
BACKGROUND: Completion lobectomy (CL) following a prior resection in the same lobe may be complicated by severe pleural or hilar adhesions. The role of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (U-VATS) has never been evaluated in this setting. METHODS: Data were collected from two Italian centers. Between 2015 and 2022, 122 patients (60 men and 62 women, median age 67.7 ± 8.913) underwent U-VATS CL at least 4 weeks after previous lung surgery. RESULTS: Twenty-eight (22...
March 26, 2024: Cancers