Intraoperative conversion during video-assisted thoracoscopy resection for lung cancer does not alter survival.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to assess the long-term outcomes of patients treated by anatomical pulmonary resection with the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) approach, VATS requiring intraoperative conversion to thoracotomy or an upfront open thoracotomy for lung cancer surgery.

Methods

We performed a retrospective single-centre study that included consecutive patients between January 2011 and December 2018 treated either by VATS (with or without intraoperative conversion) or open thoracotomy for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Patients treated for a benign or metastatic condition, stage IV disease, multiple primary lung cancer or by resection, such as pneumonectomies or angioplastic/bronchoplastic/chest wall resections, were excluded.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Fourdrain A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8923389 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature