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Review
. 2020 Aug;9(4):971-987.
doi: 10.21037/tlcr-20-576.

Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for the treatment of lung cancer: a consensus report from Chinese Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (CSTCVS) and Chinese Association of Thoracic Surgeons (CATS)

Dingpei Han  1 , Yuqin Cao  1 , Han Wu  1 , Haifeng Wang  2 , Lei Jiang  2 , Deping Zhao  2 , Feng Yao  3 , Shuben Li  4 , Chong Zhang  5 , Bin Zheng  6 , Junqiang Fan  7 , Yongde Liao  8 , Bin Qiu  9 , Fengwei Tan  9 , Chun Chen  6 , Yuming Zhu  2 , Shugeng Gao  9 , Hecheng Li  1
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Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for the treatment of lung cancer: a consensus report from Chinese Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (CSTCVS) and Chinese Association of Thoracic Surgeons (CATS)

Dingpei Han et al. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (UniVATS) has been widely adopted in China, where several ultra-high volume thoracic surgical and training centers are located. The objective of this consensus from Chinese experts was to summarize the current application and give reference for the future development of UniVATS in the treatment of lung cancer. A panel of 41 experts from 21 Chinese hospitals was invited to join this project. The Delphi method was used in this consensus consisting of two rounds of voting. The questionnaire was based on the current clinical evidence. Forty (97.6%) experts completed the 2 rounds of questionnaires. The experts' experience was relatively similar. We defined the UniVATS as monitor-dependent surgery, no use of rib-spreading and single incision less than 4 cm. Tumor with stage of T1-T3 and N0-N2 is considered amenable to UniVATS. Other consensus was reached on several points outlining the safety and feasibility, surgical skills, learning curve, short-term and long-term outcomes for lung cancer, and current application of subxiphoid and nonintubated UniVATS approach. This consensus statement represents a collective agreement among Chinese experts to suggest that UniVATS is an effective alternative to multi-portal approach, although high-level evidence is expected in the future. Some agreements can be referred in the training of young surgeons.

Keywords: Consensus; lung cancer; uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (UniVATS).

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Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tlcr-20-576). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Surgical experience among the expert's institutions. (A) Distribution of surgical volume of UniVATS for lung cancer per year among the participating experts’ institutions; (B) distribution of time period of UniVATS for lung cancer among the participating experts’ institutions. UniVATS, uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
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