Is video-assisted lobectomy for non-small-cell lung cancer oncologically equivalent to open lobectomy?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1121-1125

  Hanna, Waël C ^a   de Valence, Moira ^a   Atenafu, Eshetu G ^a   Cypel, Marcelo ^a   Waddell, Thomas K ^a   Yasufuku, Kazuhiro ^a   Pierre, Andrew ^a   De Perrot, Marc ^a   Keshavjee, Shaf ^a   Darling, Gail E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lobectomy; Nodal staging; Non small cell lung cancer; Propensity matching; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPEN LOBECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VIDEO ASSISTED LOBECTOMY;

LOBECTOMY; NODAL STAGING; NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER; PROPENSITY MATCHING; VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 84878192012     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs623     Document Type: Article

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