Publications by authors named "Jorge Cerezal"
Background: Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) emerged as a minimally invasive surgery for diseases in the field of thoracic surgery. We herein reviewed our experience on thoracoscopic lobectomy for early lung cancer and evaluated Health System use.
Methods: A cost-effectiveness study was performed comparing VATS vs.
Objective: Given the frequent association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer (LC), the objective of this paper is to analyse the prognosis of this comorbidity.
Methods: Multicenter prospective study compiling 2994 consecutive cases of surgically treated LC (1993-1997), the population with non-small cell lung cancer and complete resection was selected for the prognostic study of COPD. COPD is defined when the FEV1/FVC is <0.