@article{JOVS18040,
author = {William Grossi and Gianluca Masullo and Francesco Londero and Angelo Morelli},
title = {Small incisions, major complications: video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery management of intraoperative complications},
journal = {Journal of Visualized Surgery},
volume = {4},
number = {1},
year = {2018},
keywords = {},
abstract = {The object of our study is to show the causes leading to conversion, in order to observe the responsible variables and analyses if conversion influences the patient’s outcome. Between January 2013 and December 2016, Udine Thoracic Department performed 180 video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomies, and 24 cases were converted to thoracotomy due to an intra-operative complication such as arterial or venous bleeding, airway and other injuries. The VATS lobectomies’ number increased over the three years: from 27 in 2013 to 55 in 2015 and 48 in 2016. While conversion’s rate decreased from 33% in 2013 to 5.5% in 2015 and 10% in 2016. We performed a univariate and a multivariate analysis looking for the variables affecting the conversion rate. This was significantly related to intraoperative bleeding and airway injuries (P},
issn = {2221-2965}, url = {https://jovs.amegroups.org/article/view/18040}
}