ArticleBMC surgery2023
Quality of life after lung cancer surgery: sublobar resection versus lobectomy.
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- Changes in quality of life of early-stage lung cancer patients undergoing sublobar resection: a systematic review.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Perioperative Normobaric Hyperoxia Combined With Pulmonary Rehabilitation Intervention for Enhanced Short-Term Recovery in Lung Cancer Surgery.Thoracic cancer · 2026Trial
- Local Recurrence After Lung Segmentectomy-Risk Factors and Future Directions: A Contemporary Review.Cancers · 2026Review
- Changes in patient-reported quality of life after lobectomy versus sublobar resection.The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2026Article
- A multidisciplinary comfort-enhanced recovery after surgery program improves perioperative patient-reported outcomes after lung cancer surgery: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Social support, health literacy, perceived control, and health-promoting behaviors in young and middle-aged lung cancer surgical patients: a structural equation model analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The unified front: a multidisciplinary approach in the Era of uniportal thoracic surgery.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Review
- The effect of lobar versus sublobar video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lung resection on patient quality of life.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Comparison of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) after thoracoscopic lobar and sublobar resections for non-small cell lung cancer.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Development and validation of CT radiomics diagnostic models: differentiating benign from malignant pulmonary nodules and evaluating malignancy degree.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Spot On: Indocyanine Green-Soaked Fiducial Markers for Lung Nodules Prior to Thoracic Surgery.CHEST pulmonary · 2025Article
- Enhanced tumor targeting and penetration of fluorophores via iRGD peptide conjugation: a strategy for the precision targeting of lung cancer.Translational lung cancer research · 2024Article
- Investigation of Exercise Interventions on Postoperative Recovery in Lung Cancer Patients: A Qualitative Study Using Web Crawling Technology.Patient preference and adherence · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to compare the postoperative quality of life (PQOL) between non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic sublobar resection (subsegment, segment, or wedge) and lobectomy. Meanwhile, we developed a PQOL scale for patients with NSCLC after optimization.
methodsDeveloping and evaluating the postoperative quality-of-life scale of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC-PQOL) followed by the international principles for developing quality-of-life scale. Therefore, we used the NSCLC-PQOL scale to evaluate the PQOL of patients who underwent different surgeries.
resultsThe overall PQOL of patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy and sublobar resection gradually worsened from discharge to 3 months postoperatively and progressively improved from three to 6 months postoperatively. And the sublobar resection group showed better PQOL in chest tightness, breath shortness, breathlessness, cough and expectoration than the lobectomy group, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). The final version of the NSCLC-PQOL contained three dimensions: "signs-symptoms", "psychological and psychiatric", and "social-life" dimensions.
conclusionsThe sublobar resection group showed better PQOL in "chest tightness", "breath shortness", "breathlessness", "cough", and "expectoration" than the lobectomy group. Twenty-two items formed a well-behaved PQOL scale after being validated satisfactorily. The scale was a suitable rating tool for evaluating the NSCLC-PQOL of patients.
trial registrationAs this study was a retrospective study and not a clinical trial, we did not register this study in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry.
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