Comparative Effectiveness of Robotic-Assisted Surgery for Resectable Lung Cancer in Older Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) is a novel surgical approach increasingly used for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, data comparing the effectiveness and costs of RAS vs open thoracotomy and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for NSCLC are limited.

Methods

Patients > 65 years old with stage I to IIIA NSCLC treated with RAS, VATS, or open thoracotomy were identified from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare database and matched according to age, sex, stage, and extent of resection. Propensity score methods were used to compare adjusted rates of postoperative complications, adequate lymph node staging, survival, and treatment-related costs.

Results

In this matched study cohort of 2,766 patients with resecte

SUBMITTER: Veluswamy RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8500998 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature