The effect of single-operation-hole thoracoscopic surgery on elderly solitary pulmonary nodules and its effects on lung function and prognosis

Objective:To investigate the effect of single-operation-hole thoracoscopic surgery on elderly solitary pulmonary nodules and its effects on lung function and prognosis.Methods:64 patients with solitary pulmonary nodules admitted to our hospital were selected. According to the different surgical treatment methods, they were divided into the study group and the control group, each group with 32 cases. The study group was treated with single-operation-hole thoracoscopic pulmonary nodule resection, and the control group was treated with conventional multi-operation-holes thoracoscopic pulmonary nodule resection. The clinical efficacy of the two groups was compared. Results: The postoperative drainage time, intraoperative blood loss, hospitalization time, postoperative drainage volume and hospitalization cost of the study group were significantly better than those of the control group (P0.05). There was no difference in lung function between the two groups before operation (P>0.05). Compared with the control group, the lung function indexes of the postoperative study group were significantly improved (P0.05). The VAS scores of the study group were significantly lower than those of the control group on the 1st and 3rd day after operation (P0.05), but the overall health status, physiological feature, physiological function, physical pain and energy of the patients in the study group after treatment were significantly higher than those in the control group (P0.05).Conclusions: Single-operation-hole thoracoscopic surgery is effective in the treatment of elderly solitary pulmonary nodules. It can not only accelerate the recovery of patients but also improve their lung function, without affecting the prognosis of patients, which can improve their quality of life. It is worthy of clinical application, but should strictly control the indications for surgery.