Thoracoscopic lobectomy is associated with lower morbidity than open lobectomy: A propensity-matched analysis from the STS database

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 366-378

  Paul, Subroto ^a   Altorki, Nasser K ^a   Sheng, Shubin ^b   Lee, Paul C ^a   Harpole, David H ^b   Onaitis, Mark W ^b   Stiles, Brendon M ^a   Port, Jeffrey L ^a   D'Amico, Thomas A ^b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPENSITY SCORE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 74549178696     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.08.026     Document Type: Article

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