Clinical observation of dideo-assisted thoracoscope in treatment of elderly patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy and safety of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery(VATS) in the treatment of elderly patients with non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC). Methods 54 cases of elderly patients with NSCLC in our hospital were randomly divided into VATS group(received full thoracoscopic lung resection) and conventional thoracotomy group(received conventional thoracotomy lung resection).The operative time,incision length,blood loss,drainage tube indwelling time,mean postoperative hospital stay,total effective rate and complication rate of two groups was compared.Results The operative time,incision length,blood loss,drainage tube indwelling time,mean postoperative hospital stay and complication rate of VATS group was significantly less than that of conventional thoracotomy group respectively(P0.05);The total effective rate of two groups had no significant difference( P0.05).Conclusion VATS is safe and feasible for the elderly patients with NSCLC.It′s worthy of clinical widely used.