naa a22 4500 510727972 CHVBK 20180411082942.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11748-013-0225-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11748-013-0225-5 Thoracoscopic lobectomy: is a training program feasible with low postoperative morbidity? [Elektronische Daten] [Andrea Billè, Lawrence Okiror, Wolfram Karenovics, Debajeet Choudhuri, Tom Routledge] Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of training program in video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy comparing intraoperative and postoperative data of patients operated on by an established consultant and trainees. Methods: Retrospective analysis of 100 consecutive patients who underwent VATS lobectomies between May 2008 and May 2012. 66 patients were operated on by an established consultant (Group A) and 34 by trainees (Group B). Results: The groups were comparable for clinical characteristics and pathological staging. The mean operating time in Group A was 125±30min and in Group B was 133±26min (p=0.18). The rate of conversion was similar in both groups: 9.1% in Group A and 8.8% in Group B (p=0.6). The complication rate was comparable (p=0.4): 36.3% in Group A and 32.3% in Group B. Median time to drain removal and median length of hospital stay was 3 and 5.5days in Group A and 3 and 5days in Group B, showing no statistical differences between the two groups (p=0.3 and 0.5). There were no differences in term of long-term complications between the two groups. Conclusion: Our study showed that a training program in VATS lobectomy is feasible, without increasing the operative time, conversion rate, postoperative complication, time to drain removal, and length of hospital stay. The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, 2013 VATS lobectomy nationallicence Training program nationallicence Lung cancer nationallicence Complications nationallicence Conversion rate nationallicence Billè Andrea Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas Hospital, Great Maze Pond, SE1 9RT, London, UK aut Okiror Lawrence Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas Hospital, Great Maze Pond, SE1 9RT, London, UK aut Karenovics Wolfram Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas Hospital, Great Maze Pond, SE1 9RT, London, UK aut Choudhuri Debajeet Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas Hospital, Great Maze Pond, SE1 9RT, London, UK aut Routledge Tom Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas Hospital, Great Maze Pond, SE1 9RT, London, UK aut General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Springer Japan 61/7(2013-07-01), 409-413 1863-6705 61:7<409 2013 61 11748 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-013-0225-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-013-0225-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Billè Andrea Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas Hospital, Great Maze Pond, SE1 9RT, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Okiror Lawrence Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas Hospital, Great Maze Pond, SE1 9RT, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Karenovics Wolfram Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas Hospital, Great Maze Pond, SE1 9RT, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Choudhuri Debajeet Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas Hospital, Great Maze Pond, SE1 9RT, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Routledge Tom Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas Hospital, Great Maze Pond, SE1 9RT, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Springer Japan 61/7(2013-07-01), 409-413 1863-6705 61:7<409 2013 61 11748 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer