Davide Tosi, Alessandra Mazzucco, Valeria Musso, Gianluca Bonitta, Lorenzo Rosso, Paolo Mendogni, Ilaria Righi, Rosaria Carrinola, Francesco Damarco, Alessandro Palleschi
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a consolidated approach; however, there is no consensus on the number of ports leading to less postoperative pain. We compared early postoperative pain after uniportal and three-portal VATS lobectomy for early-stage NSCLC. In this randomized clinical trial, patients undergoing VATS lobectomy were randomly assigned to receive uniportal (U-VATS Group) or three-portal (T-VATS Group) VATS. The inclusion criteria were age ≤ 80 years and ASA < 4. The exclusion criteria were clinical T3, previous thoracic surgery, induction therapy, chest radiotherapy, connective tissue or vascular diseases, major organ failure, and analgesics or corticosteroids use...
November 18, 2023: Journal of Clinical Medicine