Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy (VATS), open thoracotomy, and the robot for lung cancer Journal Article
| Authors: | Flores, R. M.; Alam, N. |
| Article Title: | Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy (VATS), open thoracotomy, and the robot for lung cancer |
| Abstract: | Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy provides a minimally invasive approach for the management of early-stage lung cancer. Questions about the safety of VATS lobectomy and its adequacy as a cancer operation compared with open thoracotomy have hindered its universal acceptance among thoracic surgeons. Evidence suggests that VATS lobectomy can be safely performed and is an adequate cancer operation for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. However, adequately powered well-balanced studies comparing VATS with open thoracotomy for lobectomy are lacking in the literature. © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. |
| Keywords: | immunohistochemistry; cancer survival; controlled study; treatment outcome; survival analysis; clinical trial; cancer staging; follow up; neoplasm staging; sensitivity and specificity; controlled clinical trial; lung non small cell cancer; lung resection; randomized controlled trial; thoracotomy; lung neoplasms; pneumonectomy; randomized controlled trials as topic; lung cancer; risk assessment; postoperative complications; length of stay; systematic review; intermethod comparison; surgical procedures, minimally invasive; robotics; lobectomy; thoracic surgery, video-assisted |
| Journal Title: | Annals of Thoracic Surgery |
| Volume: | 85 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| ISSN: | 0003-4975 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science, Inc. |
| Date Published: | 2008-02-01 |
| Start Page: | S710 |
| End Page: | S715 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.09.055 |
| PUBMED: | 18222202 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | --- - "Cited By (since 1996): 17" - "Export Date: 17 November 2011" - "CODEN: ATHSA" - "Source: Scopus" |
