Clinical analysis of 32 patients undergoing complete video-assisted thoracoscopic mediastinal tumor resection

Abstract

Objective To explore the clinical value of video-assisted thoracoscopic mediastinal tumor resection.Methods The clinical data of 32 patients(observation group) who performed video-assisted thoracoscopic mediastinal tumor resection were retrospectively analyzed,compared them with 53 patients with mediastinal tumor who underwent traditional thoracotomy (control group).The clinical outcomes including operation time,intraoperative blood loss,chest drainage duration,postoperative hospital stay,postoperative complication and postoperative analgesia drug application were compared between two groups.Results No perioperative death was observed in two groups.There were no statistical difference in operation time between two groups [(121.9 ± 41.2) min vs.(141.7 ± 35.2) min] (P ＞ 0.05).The observation group was significantly better in the intraoperative blood loss [(116.0 ±53.2) ml],chest drainage duration [(5.2 ± 1.2) d],postoperative hospital stay [(8.5 ± 1.3) d],postoperative analgesia drug application [(0.8 ± 0.7) times],postoperative comolication (3 cases),than those of the control group [(147.2 ± 45.2) ml,(6.8 ± 2.2) d,(11.2 ± 2.4) d,(2.1 ± 0.9) times,15 cases].There were statistical differences between two groups (P ＜0.05).Conclusion Complete video-assisted thoracoscopic mediastinal tumor resection is a valuable way in the treatment of mediastinal tumor,rapidly recovery and less postoperative complication. Key words: Thoracoscope; Mediastinal tumor; Thoracotomy