Decreasing use of epidural analgesia with increasing minimally invasive lobectomy: Impact on postoperative morbidity

The last decade has seen a transition in the surgical approach to lobectomy, from thoracotomy to minimally invasive surgery (MIS), for treating patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) [1]. Growing evidence has demonstrated that MIS lobectomy, including video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS), is associated with fewer postoperative complications such as arrhythmias and pneumonia and shorter chest tube duration and length of hospital stay [2 –8].

Source: Lung Cancer - November 10, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Masha Zeltsman, Jordan Dozier, Raj G. Vaghjiani, Alexandra Poch, Takashi Eguchi, Alessia Pedoto, David R. Jones, Prasad S. Adusumilli Source Type: research