Fissureless fissure-last video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy for all lung lobes: a better alternative to decrease the incidence of prolonged air leak?

Abstract

Fissureless fissure-last VATS lobectomy is a feasible and equivalent to conventional VATS lobectomy in terms of operation time, stapler use and complications. Fissureless fissure-last VATS lobectomy, however, appears to be a superior technique to conventional VATS lobectomy in terms of preventing PAL and reducing the LOS.