Nonintubated Uniportal Thoracoscopic Surgery for Peripheral Lung Nodules Ming-Hui Hung, MD, MS, Ya-Jung Cheng, MD, PhD, Kuang-Cheng Chan, MD, Su-Chuan Han, BS, Ke-Cheng Chen, MD, Hsao-Hsun Hsu, MD, PhD, Jin-Shing Chen, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 98, Issue 6, Pages 1998-2003 (December 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.036 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Operative views of a representative patient undergoing nonintubated uniportal thoracoscopic wedge resection of the left upper lobe. (A) The patient is anesthetized to maintain spontaneous breathing. The videothoracoscope is introduced along the wound protector with instruments. (B) The operative lung is collapsed after an iatrogenic pneumothorax, and the preoperative tattooed lesion is identified. (C) Wedge resection of the tattooed lesion through a single access port is facilitated by two-directional anchoring sutures. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 1998-2003DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.036) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions