USF-LVHN SELECT
Effect of small body habitus on peri-operative outcomes after robotic-assisted pulmonary lobectomy: retrospective analysis of 208 consecutive cases.
Publication/Presentation Date
6-1-2016
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Patients with smaller body surface area (BSA) have smaller pleural cavities, which limit visualization and instrument mobility during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). We investigated the effects of BSA on outcomes with robotic-assisted VATS lobectomy.
METHODS: We analyzed 208 consecutive patients who underwent robotic-assisted lobectomy over 34 months. Patients were separated into group A (BSA ≤1.65 m(2)) and group B (BSA >1.65 m(2)). Operative times, estimated blood loss (EBL), conversions to thoracotomy, complications, hospital length of stay (LOS), and in-hospital mortality were compared.
RESULTS: Group A had 40 patients (BSA 1.25-1.65 m(2)), and group B had 168 patients (BSA 1.66-2.86 m(2)). Median skin-to-skin operative times [± standard error of the mean (SEM)] were 169±16 min for group A and 176±6 min for group B (P=0.34). Group A had median EBL of 150±96 mL compared to 200±24 mL for group B (P=0.37). Overall conversion rate to thoracotomy was 8/40 (20.0%) in group A versus 12/168 (7.1%) in group B (P=0.03); while emergent conversion for bleeding was 2/40 (5.0%) in group A versus 5/168 (3.0%) in group B (P=0.62). Postoperative complications occurred in 12/40 (30.0%) in group A, compared to 66/168 (39.3%) in group B (P=0.28). Patients from both groups had median hospital LOS of 5 days (P=0.68) and had similar in-hospital mortality.
CONCLUSIONS: Patients with BSA ≤1.65 m(2) have similar perioperative outcomes and complication risks as patients with larger BSA. Patients with BSA ≤1.65 m(2) have a higher overall conversion rate to thoracotomy, but similar conversion rate for bleeding as patients with larger BSA. Robotic-assisted pulmonary lobectomy is feasible and safe in patients with small body habitus.
Volume
8
Issue
6
First Page
1245
Last Page
1249
ISSN
2072-1439
Published In/Presented At
Velez-Cubian, F. O., Zhang, W. W., Rodriguez, K. L., Thau, M. R., Ng, E. P., Moodie, C. C., Garrett, J. R., Fontaine, J. P., & Toloza, E. M. (2016). Effect of small body habitus on peri-operative outcomes after robotic-assisted pulmonary lobectomy: retrospective analysis of 208 consecutive cases. Journal of thoracic disease, 8(6), 1245–1249. https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd.2016.04.67
Disciplines
Medical Education | Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
27293843
Department(s)
USF-LVHN SELECT Program, USF-LVHN SELECT Program Students
Document Type
Article