Comparison of Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery with Thoracotomy in Bronchial Sleeve Lobectomy for Centrally Located Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

The aim of this study was to investigate the adequacy of bronchial sleeve lobectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in perioperative outcomes and its oncological efficacy by comparing to that by thoracotomy in a balanced population.

Source: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - March 24, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Dong Xie, Jiajun Deng, Diego Gonzalez-Rivas, Yuming Zhu, Lei Jiang, Gening Jiang, Chang Chen Source Type: research