The benefits of stapler tractor dissociating segmental bronchus in lung segmentectomy: A retrospective cohort study in a single center_Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Authors：

ZHANG Bin ¹ , ZHENG Jianan ² , CHEN Liang ² , ZHU Quan ² ,  ZHU Jian ³ ,  WEN Wei ²

1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jurong Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 242400, Jiangsu, P. R. China;
2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, P. R. China;
3. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, General Hospital of Central Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China;

Corresponding author：

ZHU Jian, Email: zhujian0718@163.com; WEN Wei, Email: wenwei@jsph.org.cn

Keywords：

Lung segmentectomy; surgical technique; stapler tractor; flat tube tractor; surgical quality evaluation; surgical video replay

DOI：

10.7507/1007-4848.202312080

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Objective To investigate the benefits of using a stapler tractor in the treatment of segmental bronchus during lung segmentectomy through detailed video replay analysis of surgical procedures. Methods We collected data from patients who underwent segmentectomy performed by the same surgical team in the Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, from November 2020 to August 2023. After excluding data that lacked analysis parameters, the remaining patients were divided into four groups based on the methods used for dissociating segmental bronchus: a stapler tractor group (group A), a stapler with bronchial stretching group (group B), a stapler only group (group C), and a silk ligature group (group D). Then, we compared baseline data and videotaped surgical details across all groups. Surgical details included the success rate of one-time segmental bronchus dissociation and severance, the time taken for successful one-time dissociation and severance of the segmental bronchus, the incidence of bleeding during bronchus dissociation, the conversion rate to thoracotomy during surgery, and surgical outcomes such as total operative time, postoperative hospitalization days, postoperative thoracic drainage volume, and pulmonary air leakage rate. Results The study included 325 patients (203 in the group A, 62 in the group B, 29 in the group C, and 31 in the group D). There was no statistically significant difference in baseline data among the four groups. However, significant differences were found in terms of total operation time, postoperative hospitalization days, intraoperative blood loss, segmental bronchial stump length, postoperative air leakage rate, hemorrhage rate during segmental bronchial dissociation, and conversion to thoracotomy rate among the four groups (P<0.05). Conclusion Using a stapler tractor for dissociating segmental bronchus in lung segmentectomy results in shorter operative time, less risk of intraoperative bleeding, and less surgical complications. This study provides valuable evaluation methodologies through the analysis of video replay surgical details, contributing to the improvement of lung segmentectomy quality.

Citation： ZHANG Bin, ZHENG Jianan, CHEN Liang, ZHU Quan, ZHU Jian, WEN Wei. The benefits of stapler tractor dissociating segmental bronchus in lung segmentectomy: A retrospective cohort study in a single center. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2024, 31(10): 1434-1441. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.202312080 Copy

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2. Gonzalez M, Karenovics W, Bédat B, et al. Performance of prolonged air leak scoring systems in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery segmentectomy. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 2022, 62(3): ezac100.
3. Cannone G, Verzeletti V, Busetto A, et al. Three-dimensional imaging-guided lung anatomic segmentectomy: A single-center preliminary experiment. Medicina (Kaunas), 2023, 59(12): 2079.
4. Aokage K, Suzuki K, Saji H, et al. Segmentectomy for ground-glass-dominant lung cancer with a tumour diameter of 3 cm or less including ground-glass opacity (JCOG1211): A multicentre, single-arm, confirmatory, phase 3 trial. Lancet Respir Med, 2023, 11(6): 540-549.
5. 黄晶晶, 陈志鹏, 卞承禹, 等. 以肺亚段为解剖单元的肺结节手术策略及临床结果的单中心回顾性分析. 中国胸心血管外科临床杂志, 2022, 29(1): 36-43.Huang JJ, Chen ZP, Bian CY, et al. A single-center retrospective analysis of surgical strategy and clinical outcome of pulmonary nodules using pulmonary subsegments as anatomical unit. Chin J Clin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 2022, 29(1): 36-43.
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7. 吴卫兵, 陈亮, 朱全, 等. 直线切割缝合器引导管在全胸腔镜肺叶、肺段切除中的应用. 中国胸心血管外科临床杂志, 2012, 19(6): 638-641.Wu WB, Chen L, Zhu Q, et al. Application of a silicone guiding tube for endoscopic linear stapling device in complete video-sssisted thoracoscopic lobectomy and segmentectomy. Chin Clin J Thoracic Cardiovasc Surg, 2012, 19(6): 638-641.
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22. Oizumi H, Kato H, Endoh M, et al. Management of bronchial stumps in anatomic lung segmentectomy. Ann Thorac Surg, 2016, 101(6): 2120-2124.
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