SynthesisBMC surgery2019
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus muscle-sparing thoracotomy for non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Long-term patient-reported outcomes after non-small cell lung cancer resection.The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2022Article
- A localization-independent approach for invisible and impalpable ground-glass opacity nodules detection in anAnnals of translational medicine · 2021Article
- Surgical Site Infections Are Associated With Higher Blood Loss and Open Access in General Thoracic Practice.Frontiers in surgery · 2021Article
- An External-Validated Algorithm to Predict Postoperative Pneumonia Among Elderly Patients With Lung Cancer After Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Article
- Minimal invasive surgery in locally advanced N2 non-small cell lung cancer.Translational lung cancer research · 2021Review
- Evaluation of effects of perioperative oral care intervention on hospitalization stay and postoperative infection in patients undergoing lung cancer intervention.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Article
- Perioperative comparison of video-assisted thoracic surgery and open lobectomy for pT1-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients in China: a multi-center propensity score-matched analysis.Translational lung cancer research · 2021Article
- How to reduce bleeding complications during thoracoscopic anatomic pulmonary resection.Journal of thoracic disease · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt has been widely accepted that video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy is superior to conventional open thoracotomy lobectomy in many aspects. However, the direct comparison between VATS and Muscle-sparing thoracotomy (MST) has not been widely conducted. We aimed to compare the perioperative outcomes in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients following VATS and MST.
methodsPubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library and Web of Science were searched for relevant studies. The retrieval time was up to April 24, 2019. Studies investigating the comparison of video-assisted thoracoscopy and muscle-sparing thoracotomy were included in our meta-analysis. Odds ratio and mean differences with 95% confidential interval were applied to determine the effectiveness of dichotomous or continuous variables respectively.
resultsA total of 10 studies were included with 1514 patients. Compared with MST, the incidence of postoperative complications in VATS [OR = 0.54; 95%CI(0.4, 0.73); P < 0.001] and the hospital stay [MD = -1.5; 95%CI(- 2.28, - 0.73); P = 0.0001] decreased significantly, chest tube drainage time [MD = -0.71; 95%CI(- 1.18, - 0.24); P = 0.003] were shorter and the intraoperative blood loss [MD = - 43.87; 95%CI(- 73.66, - 14.08); P = 0.004] were less in VATS group. VATS also showed a relatively longer operative time [MD = 17.11; 95%CI(2.38, 31.85); P = 0.02]. However, no significant differences were observed in numbers of resected lymph nodes, postoperative mortality, postoperative pneumonia and postoperative bleeding.
conclusionCompared with MST, VATS was associated with lower incidence of postoperative complications, shorter length of hospital stay, less intraoperative blood loss and less chest tube drainage, which showed that VATS was a comparable method to MST. Meanwhile, these results should be further conformed by more randomized control trials.
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