ObjectiveTo investigate the efficacy of intraoperative devascularization sequence in total thoracoscopic lobectomy on patients with non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and its effect of survival states. MethodsA total of 59 NSCLC patients were randomly divided into group A (n=29) or group B (n=30). Both groups received total thoracoscopic lobectomy, therein pulmonary artery was firstly devascularized, and then pulmonary vein was devascularized in group A, whereas group B received firstly pulmonary vein devascularization, and then pulmonary artery devascularization. Surgical indices (intraoperative bleeding volume, operation duration, number of lymph node dissection, postoperative thoracic catheter drainage time and drainage volume, and postoperative length of hospital stay), pre- and postoperative serum pain factors (dopamine, 5-hydroxytryptamine, norepinephrine [NE], interleukin 6 [IL-6], and tumor necrosis factor α [TNF-α]) levels, pulmonary function indices (forced vital capacity as a percentage of the predicted value [FVC%], forced expiratory volume in one second as a percentage of the predicted value [FEV1%], maximum ventilatory volume as a percentage of the predicted value [MVV%]), as well as postoperative progression-free survival time were compared between the two groups. ResultsThe intraoperative bleeding volume of group A was less than that of group B (P<0.05), and there was no statistically significant difference in operation duration, number of lymph node dissection, postoperative thoracic catheter drainage time and drainage volume, postoperative length of hospital stay between the two groups (P>0.05). Postoperative serum dopamine, 5-hydroxytryptamine, NE, IL-6, TNF-α levels of the two groups were elevated, and FEV1%, FVC%, MVV% were decreased as compared with before operation, but there was no statistically significant difference in the aforementioned indices between the two groups (P>0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in progression-free survival time between the two groups (P>0.05). ConclusionFirst devascularization of pulmonary artery in total thoracoscopic lobectomy can reduce intraoperative bleeding volume, but the effect of devascularization sequence on postoperative pain, pulmonary function, and survival time is similar in NSCLC patients. Selection of devascularization sequence can be reasonably conducted according to intraoperative conditions in clinics.