The specific details of your surgery will depend on various factors, including your cancer stage and overall health. It’s important to consult …
0:02 good morning it’s Marcus Garcia
0:05 consultant traffic surgeon from London
0:07 UK today we’re going to talk about
0:11 minimally invasive thoracic surgery
0:18 and the first question that all my
0:22 patients asking is can this operation
0:24 done by a minimally invasive approach or
0:28 Keyhole approach and the answer is very
0:30 variable it depends on the number
0:33 of situation number one there’s surgical
0:36 expertise of your surgeon then there is
0:41 the size of the tumor the location of
0:44 the tumor so if you have a very large
0:46 tumor although it might be technically
0:49 possible to detach a part of the
0:52 language lobe as we call it
0:54 but then you will still have to make an
0:57 opening to get the mass out of the chest
1:00 in that case will probably perform an
1:03 open procedure straight away and even in
1:05 open procedure nowadays is
1:09 perform with much smaller cut than in
1:12 the past or
1:14 sometimes if the tumor is invading vital
1:17 structure then you might have to have an
1:20 open procedure but I’m confident saying
1:24 that in the vast majority of cases
1:26 patients can receive a minimally
1:28 invasive approach
1:34 and in my particular practice that is
1:37 done by a single incision
1:39 of about couple of inches or three
1:42 centimeter
1:43 and we can do everything through that
1:46 incision the length of stay so the time
1:48 you spend in hospital is very short and
1:51 I would say 25 percent of my patient go
1:53 home on day one 50 go home on day two
1:56 and only the remaining 25 percent take
2:00 three
2:01 or more days in hospital when they go
2:03 home they are much more comfortable than
2:06 if they had an open approach they can go
2:09 back to their normal life much sooner
2:12 than with an open approach and more
2:15 importantly they are fitter to receive
2:18 any further treatment should that be
2:20 necessary
2:22 so overall I would invite you to check
2:25 with your surgeon the expertise in
2:27 minimal invasive surgery in the UK
2:30 is widely performed and
2:35 if you have any question as usual get in
2:37 touch
