SynthesisJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2022
The perioperative outcomes of uniport versus two-port and three-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Journal of cardiothoracic surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Analysis of the safety and feasibility of subcutaneous areolar tunnel single-port thoracoscopic radical resection for lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study.Updates in surgery · 2026Article
- Initial surgical results of subcostal uniportal robotic lung resection: a study of the perioperative outcomes and a CUSUM analysis of the learning curve.Surgery today · 2026Article
- Initial Surgical Results of Subcostal Single-Port Robotic Lung Resection: A Comparative Analysis With the Multi-Port Robot.World journal of surgery · 2026Article
- The Impact of the Number of Ports on Perioperative Outcomes Following Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of chest surgery · 2026Review
- Surgical technique of uniportal VATS for pneumothorax: the lateral and subxiphoid approaches.Journal of visualized surgery · 2026Article
- Perioperative outcomes of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy in scope operation performed by a clinical engineer.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Learning curve for double-port video-assisted thoracoscopic lung segmentectomy: a propensity score matching study.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2024Article
- Review
- Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in the prone position for esophageal bronchogenic cyst.Journal of surgical case reports · 2024Article
- Lu's approach for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.PloS one · 2024Article
- The clinical significance of open vs. minimally invasive surgical approaches in the management of thymic epithelial tumors and myasthenia gravis.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Review
- The significance of digital drainage devices on standardization of air leak management after pulmonary resection.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Article
- Feasibility and safety of uniportal thoracoscopy for chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The impact of novel instrumentation in promoting uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Article
- Chronic postoperative pain after non-intubated uniportal VATS lobectomy.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Article
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in children.Therapeutic advances in respiratory diseaseArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundUniport video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has been applied widely for the treatment of lung cancer in recent years. Some studies have reported that uniport VATS might provide better outcomes than multiport VATS. However, the perioperative outcomes of uniport VATS compared with two-port and three-port VATS, respectively, have yet to be studied at a comprehensive scale. This meta-analysis study compares the perioperative efficacy among uniport, two-port, and three-port VATS.
methodsWe searched studies published before October 1, 2019, by using Web of Science databases, Ovid Medline, Embase, and PubMed. Studies that compared uniport VATS with two-port or three-port VATS for patients with lung cancer were included. Operative time, perioperative blood loss, number of lymph nodes retrieved, conversion rate, duration of postoperative chest tube drainage, length of hospital stay (LoS), visual analogue pain scores on postoperative day (POD) 1 and POD 3, and overall morbidity were evaluated.
resultsSixteen studies that compared uniport VATS with two-port or three-port VATS in the treatment of lung cancer were included. Uniport VATS showed less blood loss, a shorter duration of postoperative drainage and a lower visual analogue pain score on POD 3 than two-port VATS; it showed a shorter duration of postoperative drainage, a shorter LoS, and lower visual analogue pain scores on POD 1 and POD 3 than three-port VATS. There were no significant differences in the number of lymph nodes retrieved, operative time, conversion rate, and overall morbidity rate when comparing uniport VATS with two-port VATS or three-port VATS.
conclusionsUniport VATS might provide better perioperative outcomes than either two-port or three-port VATS in lung cancer treatment.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.