Open AccessLong-term survival outcomes of video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for stage I-II non-small cell lung cancer are more favorable than thoracotomy: a propensity score-matched analysis from a high-volume center in China
Author(s) -
Jiandong Mei,
Chenglin Guo,
Liang Xia,
Hu Liao,
Qiang Pu,
Lin Ma,
Chengwu Liu,
Yunke Zhu,
Feng Yen Lin,
Zhenyu Yang,
Kejia Zhao,
Guowei Che,
Lunxu Liu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
translational lung cancer research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 2226-4477
pISSN - 2218-6751
DOI - 10.21037/tlcr.2018.12.04
Subject(s) - medicine , vats lobectomy , propensity score matching , lung cancer , surgery , thoracotomy , cardiothoracic surgery , perioperative , stage (stratigraphy) , pneumonectomy , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , paleontology , biology
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has been considered as the better choice for the surgical treatment of resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This study aimed to evaluate the short- and long-term outcomes of VATS versus open thoracotomy lobectomy for patients with pathological stage (p-stage) I-II NSCLC in one of the high-volume center in China.