Background
Video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) started to spread worldwide over the past twenty years. It had developed from three ports to uniportal VATS. VATS provides less pain and shorter recovery time compared with conventional thoracotomy. Moreover, major thoracoscopic lungs resections can be performed on a nonintubated patient.
Case report
We report a case of a 68-year-old patient with a non-small cell lung cancer who underwent a successful nonintubated uniportal VATS left upper lobectomy for the first time in the history of Lithuania and the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.
Conclusions
Nonintubated uniportal VATS lobectomy for cancer is a safe and effective procedure.