What method can be used to cure advanced lung cancer? Is thoracoscopic treatment of lung cancer better than open chest surgery?

With the accelerated pace of people's lives and the increasingly serious social and environmental pollution, the incidence of lung cancer is getting higher and higher. Once discovered, most of them have reached the middle and late stages, bringing great pain and fear to their families. With the development of science and technology, when choosing the treatment method for lung cancer, most people now choose thoracoscopic treatment.

We often hear that someone died of advanced lung cancer at a young age, which is very regrettable. So, what kind of treatment should be chosen for advanced lung cancer? In the past, the commonly used treatment method was thoracotomy. With the development of science and technology, there has been a new breakthrough in the treatment of lung cancer, which is thoracoscopic surgery.

Lung cancer is mostly caused by the environment and bad living habits. Tobacco, excessive indoor fume and dust, working in a polluted environment all year round, etc. are all direct causes of lung cancer. Because lung cancer basically has no discomfort symptoms in the early stages, when we discover it, it is usually in the middle and late stages. Ordinary drug treatments are no longer effective, and surgical treatment is the only way to delay life. However, surgical treatment will cause great trauma and pain to the human body, causing unbearable damage to the body. In addition, the risk of surgery is very high, the recovery time is long, and there is a long drainage period. It is difficult to care for, and improper care may cause infection. However, with the development of medical technology, there is now a new treatment for lung cancer, that is, thoracoscopic treatment of lung cancer. Many doctors now recommend this method.

So, is thoracoscopic treatment for lung cancer really better than open-chest surgery? This starts with the principle of thoracoscopic treatment. Thoracoscopic resection treatment only involves two small cuts in the chest. During the operation, a tubular endoscope is placed into the chest, and an optical cable is connected to the outside to transmit the situation inside the chest to a TV monitor. The doctor then performs the operation based on the display on the TV to remove the part of the lung with cancer cells, without the need to enter the chest cavity. Therefore, this type of surgery is relatively simpler than traditional open-chest surgery, with less trauma and less bleeding to the body, less pain after surgery, and faster recovery. The patient can get out of bed and move around the next day, without leaving too large scars, and the wound is beautiful.

Therefore, if lung cancer must be treated surgically, thoracoscopic surgery is a better option, as it causes less trauma to the human body, and the patient does not have to suffer the pain of surgery in addition to the disease. In short, in daily life, we must pay attention to improving our quality of life, not smoking, staying away from secondhand smoke, staying away from environmental pollution, and providing ourselves and our families with a good living environment to avoid the occurrence of lung cancer.