ArticleFrontiers in surgery2024
Lymph node dissection in lung cancer surgery: a comparison between robot-assisted vs. video-assisted thoracoscopic approach.
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- Evaluating Surgical Approaches in Early NSCLC: A Meta-Analysis of Robot-Assisted and Video-Assisted Techniques.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Robot-assisted thoracoscopic fissureless fissure-last approach versus conventional interlobar method for left lower lobectomy in lung cancer: a comparative study of short-term outcomes.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2026Article
- The extent of lymph node dissection in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: current controversies, evidence gaps, and future directions in the immunotherapy era-a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Review
- Current advances in mediastinal staging for non-small cell lung cancer: a narrative review.Translational lung cancer research · 2026Review
- Optimizing Lymph Node Staging in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Surgery: Evidence, Guidelines, and Quality Improvement Strategies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- The future of lung cancer surgery lies between innovations: synergy across the perioperative ERATS pathway.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Perioperative outcomes of robot-assisted versus video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for non-small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis focusing on real-world clinical studies in the past 10 years.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Outcomes of minimally invasive lung resection with concomitant chest wall resection in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Lobectomy for primary lung cancer: a comparison of perioperative and postoperative outcomes between robot-assisted thoracic surgery and video-assisted thoracic surgery.Surgery today · 2025Article
- From Scopes to Bots: The Clinical Journey from VATS to RATS.Annals of cardiac anaesthesia · 2025Article
- Management of iatrogenic bronchial tear during one-lung ventilation for robotic thoracic surgery.Anaesthesia reportsArticle
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Abstract
Background: TNM staging is the most important prognosticator for non-small cell lung cancer ( Methods: We retrospectively compiled a database of 717 patients from July 31, 2015-July 7, 2022, who underwent either a wedge resection, segmentectomy or lobectomy. We analysed the database according to lymph node dissection. The database was divided into RATS ( Results: The mean number of lymph nodes harvested overall with RATS was 6.1 ± 1.5 nodes; with VATS approach, it was 5.53 ± 1.8 nodes. The mean number of N1 stations harvested was 2.66 ± 0.8 with RATS, 2.36 ± 0.9 with VATS. RATS approach showed statistically higher lymph node dissection rates compared to VATS ( Conclusions: We conclude that in RATS procedures, there is a higher rate of lymph node dissection compared to VATS procedures. Upstaging was mostly seen in N0-N2 disease, this was observed at a higher rate with VATS procedures.
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