Open AccessVideo-assisted thoracoscopic versus open thoracotomy lobectomy: a Swedish nationwide cohort study
Author(s) -
Mamdoh AlAmeri,
Per Bergman,
Anders FrancoCereceda,
Ulrik Sartipy
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.05.177
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracotomy , surgery , vats lobectomy , cardiothoracic surgery , lung cancer , cohort , pneumonia , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , stage (stratigraphy) , pneumonectomy , paleontology , biology
The aim of this nationwide observational cohort study was to investigate the early postoperative complications and long-term survival following video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy compared to open thoracotomy lobectomy for early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).