Utilization Trends, Outcomes, and Cost in Minimally Invasive Lobectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Minimally invasive lobectomy is associated with decreased morbidity and length of stay. However, there have been few published analyses using recent, population-level data to compare clinical outcomes and cost by surgical approach, inclusive of robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS). The objective of this study was to compare outcomes and hospitalization costs among patients undergoing open, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and RATS lobectomy.

Methods

We identified patients who underwent elective lobectomy in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Florida State Inpatient Database (2008 to 2014). Hierarchical logistic and linear regression models were used to compare in-hospital mortality, postoperative complications, prolonged length of stay

SUBMITTER: Subramanian MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6878158 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature