ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Quality of Life, Postoperative Pain, and Lymph Node Dissection in a Robotic Approach Compared to VATS and OPEN for Early Stage Lung Cancer.
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- Does Robotic Segmentectomy Improve Long-Term Outcomes in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2026Article
- Benchmarking Large Language Models Using a Best Evidence Topic Report in a Patient With Early Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Biportal-RATS vs. Uniportal-VATS for Lung Resections: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis from Early Experience.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Pain and recovery after robotic vs. uniportal lobectomy for lung cancer: a comparative analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Quality of Lymph Node Dissection in Lung Cancer Surgery: A Comparative Analysis of Robotic-Assisted Versus Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Using Novel Pathological Criteria.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2025Article
- Comparison of postoperative pain between robotic and uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for anatomic lung resection in patients with stage I lung cancer.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2025Article
- Robotic versus video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pathological stage II-IIIB non-small cell lung cancer: evaluation of perioperative and survival outcomes.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Advancing DIEP Flap Surgery: Robotic-Assisted Harvest Reduces Pain and Narcotic Use.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Robotic-assisted mediastinal lymphadenectomy in lung cancer: a narrative review.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Review
- Outcomes of RATS in comparison to VATS and open lung resections for malignancy in propensity matched high-risk patients.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
- Quality of life outcomes after robotic-assisted and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer.JTCVS open · 2025Article
- Impact of robotic-assisted versus video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery on efficacy and quality of life in patients with pulmonary opacities: a propensity score-matched analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Postoperative leukocyte counts as a surrogate for surgical stress response in matched robot- and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery cohorts of patients: A preliminary report.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Article
- Comparison Results of Three-Port Robot-Assisted and Uniportal Video-Assisted Lobectomy for Functional Recovery Index in the Treatment of Early Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis.Annals of surgical oncology · 2024Observational
- Timing of recovery of quality of life after robotic anatomic lung resection.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Article
- Long-Term Oncologic Outcomes in Robot-Assisted and Video-Assisted Lobectomies for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
We compare the perioperative course, postoperative pain, and quality-of-life (QOL) in patients undergoing anatomic resections of early-stage lung cancer by means of robotic surgery (RATS), video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), or muscle-sparing thoracotomy (OPEN); 169 consecutive patients with known/suspected lung cancer, candidates to anatomic resection, were enrolled in a single-center prospective study from April 2016 to December 2018. EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-LC13 scores were obtained preoperatively and, at three time points, postoperatively. RATS and VATS groups were matched for ASA scores, while RATS and open surgery were matched for gender, ASA score, cancer stage, and tumor size; 58 patients underwent open surgery, 58 had VATS, and 53 had RATS. Hospital stay was shorter after RATS than OPEN (median 4.5 versus 5;
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