ABSTRACT
Objective To explore the effect of single-hole thoracoscopic lobectomy on patients with early non-small cell lung cancer. Methods A total of 100 patients with early non-small cell lung cancer received surgeries in our hospital from Jan 2014 to Jan 2015. They were divided into observation group(single-hole thoracoscopic lobectomy, 50 cases) and control group (three thoracoscopic lobectomy, 50 cases) according to operation modes. The operation data, postoperative recovery situations and complication rate were compared between two groups. Results All patients completed operations successfully and there were no serious complications during operations. There were no significant differences in operation time, numbers of lymph node dissection, tumor recurrence rate and survival rate in one year after operations between the two groups(P＞0.05). The blood loss, length of incision, thoracic drainage, tube time, postoperative hospital stay and VAS scores at the first day after surgery in observation group were lower than those in control group(P＜ 0.05). The complication rate of observation group [ 20.0％ (10/50) ] was lower than that of control group [40.0％ (20/50) ](P＜0.05). Conclusion As for patients suffered from early non-small cell lung cancer, single-hole thoracoscopic lobectomy has advantages of less bleeding, fast recovery and low complication rate.