• Department of Thoracic Surgery,Zhongshan Hospital,Dalian University,Dalian 116001,P. R . China;
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Objective To assess clinical outcomes of therapeutic video-mediastinoscopy (VMS). Methods Clinical data of 82 patients undergoing VMS in Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University from December 2008 to October 2011 were retrospectively analyzed. Among them,24 patients received therapeutic VMS,including 18 men and 6 women with their median age of 56 (22-81) years. Three patients underwent operation through a neck incision,4 patients through a parasternal incision,and 17 patients through a lateral intercostal incision. Five patients received local anesthesia and basal anesthesia,and all the other patients received general anesthesia through single-lumen or double-lumen endotracheal intubation. Results Twelve patients with pleural effusion underwent pleural or lung biopsy and talc pleurodesis. Pathology examination showed malignant diseases in 11 patients and tuberculous pleural effusion in 1 patient. The median operation time was 35 (30-50) minutes,and postoperative hospital stay was 3-6 days. These patients were followed up for 1 month without recurrence of pleural effusion. Ten patients with mediastinal mass received pathological diagnosis and complete mass resection with their median operation time of 55 (30-270) minutes and median hospital stay of 7 (5-40) days. Two patients with hyperhidrosis underwent bilateral intercostal VMS sympathectomy. Their operation time was 60 minutes and 50 minutes respectively,and their hospital stay was 3 days. Postoperatively their sweating symptoms obviously resolved. They were followed up for 3 months,and their hands,feet and armpit were warm and dry. There was no in-hospital death in this group. Two patients (8.3%) had postoperative complications including 1 patient with phrenic nerve injury and another patient with pneumonia. Opioid analgesic drugs were not used postoperatively in 9 patients. Conclusion Therapeutic VMS is a safe,effective,minimally invasive and cosmetic procedure,but it is not suitable for resection of a large mediastinal mass.

Citation: ZHAO Zhilong,WANG Lin,LI Jianxin,YOU Maoduan,XU Jianyang,SHI Xiaoyu.. Clinical Analysis of Therapeutic Video-mediastinoscopy for Thoracic Disease. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2013, 20(3): 320-324. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.20130096 Copy

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