Does video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy for lung cancer provide improved functional outcomes compared with open lobectomy?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 451-455

  Handy Jr , John R ^a,c   Asaph, James W ^b   Douville, Emory Charles ^c   Ott, Gary Y ^c   Grunkemeier, Gary L ^d   Wu, YingXing ^d  

^a Providence Cancer Center   (United States)

^b EARLE A CHILES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Oregon Clinic   (United States)

^d Medical Data Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Outcomes; VATS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CONVALESCENCE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMONECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 74149090463     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.07.037     Document Type: Article

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