Abstract:Objective To investigate the therapeutic efficacy of thoracoscopic wedge resection for pulmonary mixed ground glass nodules (GGN) smaller than 1.5 cm and its effects on the serum level of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase 2 (NOX2).Methods From November 2018 to November 2022, a total of 96 patients with pulmonary mixed GGN admitted to our hospital were selected and randomly grouped into the control group (48 cases, treated with thoracoscopic lobectomy) and the study group (48 cases, treated with thoracoscopic pulmonary wedge resection). The clinical efficacy, surgery-related indicators, lung function, changes in the serum level of NOX2, and postoperative complications of the two groups were compared.Results Compared with the control group, the overall effective rate of the study group was higher (P < 0.05). The intraoperative blood loss of the study group was less than that of the control group (P < 0.05), while the operative duration, the dwelling time of the intrathoracic catheter, and the length of hospital stay of the study group were shorter than those of the control group (P < 0.05). The differences of forced vital capacity (FVC), maximal voluntary ventilation (MVV) and residual volume (RV) before and after the treatment in the study group were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). The difference of the serum level of NOX2 before and after the surgery in the study group was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the overall incidence of postoperative complications between the two groups (P > 0.05).Conclusions Thoracoscopic wedge resection is effective in the treatment of pulmonary mixed GGN. It can improve the surgery-related indicators and lung function of patients, and reduce the serum level of NOX2 in patients with good safety. Thus, it is worth popularizing.