Table 1.
Summary of articles reporting on tubeless VATS for thoracic surgery
| Author | YOP | Study period | Study type | Total patients | Nonintubated anesthesia | Uniportal | Nonchest tube drainage | Nonurinary catheter | Age (years) | Operative time (minutes) | PLS (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liu et al.10 | 2018 | 2016–2017 | Retrospective: Case series | 50 | 36 | 36 | 31 | 36 | 53.6 ± 18.0 | 45.2 ± 12.3 | 2.5 ± 0.8 |
| Yang et al.9 | 2017 | 2015–2016 | Retrospective: Comparative | 60 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 55.5 ± 8.4 | 72.0 ± 21.3 | 3.1 ± 0.7 |
| Peng et al.5 | 2017 | 2014–2015 | Retrospective: Case series | 43 | 43 | 43 | 40 | 40 | 49.6 ± 10.7 | 22 ± 5 | — |
| Li et al.6 | 2017 | 2012–2014 | Retrospective: Case series | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 58 ± 19 | 42 ± 10 | 1 ± 1 |
| Mineo et al.11 | 2016 | 2000–2016 | Retrospective: Case series | 1000 | 848 | 848 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gonzalez‐Rivas et al.12 | 2016 | 2015–2016 | Retrospective: Case series | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Median 60 (50–68) | — | Median 3 (2–4) |
| Cui et al.8 | 2016 | 2012–2015 | Retrospective: Comparative | 90 | 89 | 0 | 89 | — | Median 24 (22–38) | Median 44 (28–65) | 1.5 ± 0.5 |
The literature search revealed that only some publications on tubeless and VATS provided original clinical data.Key words and MeSH terms searches were conducted for two groups: “Tubeless” and “VATS”. The two groups were combined with the Boolean operator “AND”.
PLS, postoperative length of stay; YOP, year of publication.