[Thoracoscopic surgery and postoperative respiratory complications].

In minimally invasive surgery in a thoracic surgery, thoracoscopic surgery already has been recognized as effective procedure for benign disease of the lung and the mediastinum. On the other hand, induction of thoracoscopic surgery to lung cancer surgical treatment raises various problems. We reviewed clinical outcome about 'low invasiveness and a postoperative respiratory complication of thoracoscopic surgery' mainly on surgical treatment for lung cancer. Furthermore, in recent years there is a problem of surgical treatment for lung cancer that we developed for emphysema, interstitial pneumonia with increase of elderly patients. As for stage IA patients who underwent a lobectomy with mediastinal lymphadenectomy, we reviewed what kind of influence on postoperative complications and long-term prognosis with the change of thoracotomy methods.