Perioperative outcomes of robot-assisted vs video-assisted and traditional open thoracic surgery for lung cancer: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Journal: The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The superiority of robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) over video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and thoracotomy remains controversial for lung cancer.

Authors

  • Junjie Hu
    Department of Toxicology and Sanitary Chemistry, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, PR China.
  • Yan Chen
    Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
  • Jie Dai
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
  • Xinsheng Zhu
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
  • Diego Gonzalez-Rivas
    Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Unit (UCTMI), Department of Thoracic Surgery, Coruña University Hospital, Xubias 84, Coruña 15006, Spain; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, 507, Road Zhengmin, Shanghai 200433, China. Electronic address: diego.gonzalez.rivas@sergas.es.
  • Gening Jiang
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200433, China.
  • Hua Li
    Department of Stomatology, The First Medical Center Chinese PLA General Hospital Beijing China.
  • Peng Zhang
    Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710062, China.