Clinical trial · Interventional
Totally no Tube (TNT) Uniportal Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) VS Traditional Uniportal VATS for Mediastinal Tumor
Totally no Tube (TNT) Uniportal Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) VS Traditional Uniportal VATS for Mediastinal Tumor: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
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- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
TNT surgery is a new area of exploration and evolution in thoracic minimal invasive surgery. TNT Uniportal Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) has become popular during mediastinal tumors resection. However, there has been little randomized controlled trials into the associated feasibility and advantage. The aim of our RCT was to evaluate the feasibility and advantage of TNT Uniportal VATS for mediastinal tumors resection and its significance in Fast Track Surgery (FTS). This is a single-center prospective randomized controlled trial. 98 patients aged between 18 and 75 years with clinically mediastinal tumors were randomly assigned to two groups, 50 patients received TNT uniportal VATS mediastinal tumor resection (TNT group) and 48 patients underwent traditional uniportal VATS mediastinal tumor resection (control group), the short-term perioperative outcomes would be reported here.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mediastinal Tumor | Mediastinal Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| TNT uniportal VATS mediastinal tumor resection | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Traditional uniportal VATS mediastinal tumor resection | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- OTHER
- label
- TNT Uniportal Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
- description
- This group of patients underwent TNT uniportal VATS mediastinal tumor resection
- interventionNames
- Procedure: TNT uniportal VATS mediastinal tumor resection
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Uniportal Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
- description
- This group of patients underwent traditional uniportal VATS mediastinal tumor resection
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Traditional uniportal VATS mediastinal tumor resection
Primary outcomes (14)
- measure
- operative time
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: The trial recruited patients aged from 18 to 75 years with a diagnosis of mediastinal tumor. Preoperative chest CT examination showed that shape of the mediastinal tumor was regular, boundary was clear, and maximum diameter of the mass was less than 4 cm. Other inclusion criteria included capability of giving consent and adequate organ function to tolerate uniportal thoracoscopy mediastinal tumor resection. Exclusion Criteria: Preoperative examination showed that the tumor invaded the surrounding blood vessels, pericardium, lung and other tissues or had distant metastasis; preoperative complications include severe coronary heart disease, arrhythmia and other serious cardiopulmonary diseases; large masses, difficult surgical procedures; manifestations of myasthenia gravis; hypovolemia, blood disorders, or abnormal clotting mechanism; pulmonary function and arterial blood gas analysis showed that patients could not tolerate surgery; previous thoracotomy; inability to obtain consent. Furthermore, the exclusion criteria were defifined as follows: intraoperative pleural adhesion or technical challenge to achieve hemostasis that make conversion from VATS to thoracotomy; clinician decides the patient should not continue the trial according to individual condition; patient withdraws from the trial.
References
Publications (11)
- RESULTZhao ZR, Lau RWH, Ng CSH. Anaesthesiology for uniportal VATS: double lumen, single lumen and tubeless. J Vis Surg. 2017 Aug 21;3:108. doi: 10.21037/jovs.2017.07.05. eCollection 2017. PMID 29078668
- RESULTPetersen RH, Holbek BL, Hansen HJ, Kehlet H. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery-taking a step into the future. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Apr 1;51(4):694-695. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezw381. No abstract available. PMID 28007878
- RESULTMineo TC, Tamburrini A, Perroni G, Ambrogi V. 1000 cases of tubeless video-assisted thoracic surgery at the Rome Tor Vergata University. Future Oncol. 2016 Dec;12(23s):13-18. doi: 10.2217/fon-2016-0348. Epub 2016 Sep 30. PMID 27686131
- RESULTCui F, Liu J, Li S, Yin W, Xin X, Shao W, He J. Tubeless video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) under non-intubated, intravenous anesthesia with spontaneous ventilation and no placement of chest tube postoperatively. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Aug;8(8):2226-32. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.08.02. PMID 27621880
- RESULTGonzalez-Rivas D, Yang Y, Guido W, Jiang G. Non-intubated (tubeless) uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Mar;5(2):151-3. doi: 10.21037/acs.2016.03.02. No abstract available. PMID 27134844
- RESULTFernandes P, Lareiro S, Vouga L, Guerra M, Miranda J. Uniportal Video-Assisted Thorascoscopic Surgery - The New Paradigm in the Surgical Treatment of Lung Cancer. Rev Port Cir Cardiotorac Vasc. 2017 Jul-Dec;24(3-4):127. PMID 29701369
- RESULTMigliore M. Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery, and the uni-surgeon: new words for the contemporary world. J Vis Surg. 2018 Mar 7;4:45. doi: 10.21037/jovs.2018.02.11. eCollection 2018. PMID 29682455