Video-assisted thoracoscopic treatment as two-day surgery for lung neoplasms: a propensity-matched analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Enhanced recovery after surgery programs have reduced complications and shortened hospital stays after lung resection. This study aimed to determine whether video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery performed as a two-day surgery for lung neoplasms was safe and cost-effective.

Methods

This retrospective, propensity-matched, cohort analysis was conducted from January 2020 to August 2020. Among 959 patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, 739 underwent inpatient surgery and 220 underwent two-day surgery. Propensity-matched analysis, incorporating preoperative variables, was used to compare postoperative complications, post-discharge follow-up results, and hospitalization costs between the groups.

Results

Propensity matching estimated 218 patien

SUBMITTER: Zhang G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9338576 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature