The investigators' study aims is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of uniportal VATS under assistance of needlescopic instruments through additional 2-3 mm ports compared to conventional uniportal VATS in patients with lung lesions.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
110
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pulmonary or mediastinal lesions.
National Taiwan University Hospital, Hsin-Chu Branch
Taipei, Hsin-Chu County, Taiwan
Pain scale POD 3
Post-operative day 3 pain scale documented using Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
Time frame: 3 days
Pain scale POD 5
Post-operative day 5 pain scale documented using Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
Time frame: 5 days
Hospital stay
Post-operative hospital stay
Time frame: 14 days
Post-operative 3 month neuralgia
Out patient documented using PainDETECT questionnaire (PD-Q)
Time frame: 3 months
Post-operative 6 month neuralgia
Out patient documented using PainDETECT questionnaire (PD-Q)
Time frame: 6 months
Cost
Total hospital cost
Time frame: 14 days
Surgical time
Time spend in surgery
Time frame: 1 day
Surgical bleeding
Blood loss during operation
Time frame: 1 day
Opioid using dosage
Total opioid equivalent dose used during post-operative course
Time frame: 14 days
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