Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus open lobectomy for primary non-small-cell lung cancer: a propensity-matched analysis of outcome from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeon database

Falcoz, Pierre‐Emmanuel; Puyraveau, Marc; Thomas, P.; Decaluwé, Herbert; Hürtgen, Martin; Horsleben Petersen, René; Jessen Hansen, Henrik; Brunelli, Alessandro

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezv154

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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus open lobectomy for primary non-small-cell lung cancer: a propensity-matched analysis of outcome from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeon database

Published in European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery • Apr 26, 2015

Authors:

Pierre‐Emmanuel Falcoz

Marc Puyraveau

P. Thomas

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Video-assisted thoracoscopic anatomical resections are increasingly used in Europe to manage primary lung cancer. The purpose of this study was to compare the outcome following thoracoscopic versus open lobectomy in case-matched groups of patients from the European Society of Thoracic Su...

Subject

Propensity score matching

Medicine

Cardiothoracic surgery

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