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SUBMITTER: Zhao R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6641850 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Zhao Ruixing R Shi Zhihua Z Cheng Siqiang S
Medicine 20190701 28
This study aimed to compare the feasibility, efficacy and safety among uniport video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (U-VATS), multiport VATS (M-TATS), and open thoracotomy in elderly non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients at early stage.One hundred ninety-one elderly NSCLC patients at early stage underwent U-VATS (N = 73), M-VATS (N = 56) or open thoracotomy (N = 62) were included. Perioperative parameters, short-term outcomes, postoperative complications, and overall survival (OS) were ass ...[more]