Akiba Tadashi, Marushima Hideki, Hirano Kyoji, Morikawa Toshiaki
Department of Surgery, Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;18(3):281-3. doi: 10.5761/atcs.nm.11.01729.
Although fewer lymph nodes are dissected with video-assisted thoracic surgery than with open lobectomy, thoracoscopic lobectomy is increasingly becoming the preferred surgical approach for early-stage lung cancers. The endoscopic surgical spacer SECUREA™ is a medical device that has been effectively employed in laparoscopic surgery, but no study has evaluated its efficacy in thoracoscopic surgery. In this report, we demonstrate the utility of SECUREA for complete thoracoscopic mediastinal lymph node dissection in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
尽管与开放性肺叶切除术相比，电视辅助胸腔镜手术切除的淋巴结较少，但胸腔镜肺叶切除术正日益成为早期肺癌的首选手术方式。内镜手术间隔物SECUREA™是一种已在腹腔镜手术中有效应用的医疗器械，但尚无研究评估其在胸腔镜手术中的疗效。在本报告中，我们展示了SECUREA在非小细胞肺癌患者完全胸腔镜纵隔淋巴结清扫术中的应用价值。
