Learning curve for double-port video-assisted thoracoscopic lung segmentectomy: a propensity score matching study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the learning curve for double-port video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) lung segmentectomy performed by the same surgical team in our center.

Methods

We retrospectively collected clinical data from 193 patients who underwent double-port video-assisted thoracoscopic lung segmentectomy from March 2017 to March 2023. The operative time (OT) was analyzed using the cumulative sum (CUSUM) method, and two stages of the learning curve were obtained. Propensity score matching (PSM) was performed for age, sex, underlying disease, and single-segment resection via radius matching. The OT, estimated amount of intraoperative blood loss, and other complications were analyzed.

Results

We generated a graph of the CUSUM of the OT and found that the learning curve

SUBMITTER: Yan B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11667882 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature