Open, Video- and Robot-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy for Stage II-IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Journal: The Annals of thoracic surgery
Published Date:

Abstract

BACKGROUND: This study compares the short- and long-term outcomes of open vs robotic vs video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy for stage II-IIIA non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Authors

  • Larisa Shagabayeva
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Beverly Fu
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Nikhil Panda
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Alexandra L Potter
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Hugh G Auchincloss
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Arian Mansur
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Wentworth Douglass Hospital, Dover, New Hampshire.
  • Lana Schumacher
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: lschumacher2@mgh.harvard.edu.