Background: Although minimally invasive lobectomy has gained worldwide interest, there has been debate on perioperative and oncological outcomes. The purpose of this study was to compare outcomes among open lobectomy, video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy, and robotic lobectomy.

Methods: PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science databases were consulted. A fully Bayesian network meta-analysis was performed.

Results: Thirty-four studies (183,426 patients) were included; 88,865 (48.4%) underwent open lobectomy, 79,171 (43.2%) video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy, and 15,390 (8.4%) robotic lobectomy. Compared with open lobectomy, video-assisted thoracic surgery, lobectomy and robotic lobectomy had significantly reduced 30-day mortality (risk ratio = 0.53; 95% credible intervals, 0.40-0.66 and risk ratio = 0.51; 95% credible intervals, 0.36-0.71), pulmonary complications (risk ratio = 0.70; 95% credible intervals, 0.51-0.92 and risk ratio = 0.69; 95% credible intervals, 0.51-0.88), and overall complications (risk ratio = 0.77; 95% credible intervals, 0.68-0.85 and risk ratio = 0.79; 95% credible intervals, 0.67-0.91). Compared with video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy, open lobectomy, and robotic lobectomy had a significantly higher total number of harvested lymph nodes (mean difference = 1.46; 95% credible intervals, 0.30, 2.64 and mean difference = 2.18; 95% credible intervals, 0.52-3.92) and lymph nodes stations (mean difference = 0.37; 95% credible intervals, 0.08-0.65 and mean difference = 0.93; 95% credible intervals, 0.47-1.40). Positive resection margin and 5-year overall survival were similar across treatments. Intraoperative blood loss, postoperative transfusion, hospital length of stay, and 30-day readmission were significantly reduced for minimally invasive approaches.

Conclusion: Compared with open lobectomy, video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy, and robotic lobectomy seem safer with reduced 30-day mortality, pulmonary, and overall complications with equivalent oncologic outcomes and 5-year overall survival. Minimally invasive techniques may improve outcomes and surgeons should be encouraged, when feasible, to adopt video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy, or robotic lobectomy in the treatment of lung cancer.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2020.09.010DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

95% credible
40
credible intervals
40
video-assisted thoracic
28
thoracic surgery
28
surgery lobectomy
24
risk ratio =
24
open lobectomy
20
lobectomy robotic
20
robotic lobectomy
20
lobectomy
17

Similar Publications

Background: Anemia is a prevalent health issue among children and adolescents worldwide, with malnutrition being one of the most common causes. Nutrition-related anemia can be prevented or controlled through targeted interventions.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of nutrition interventions on ferritin concentration, hemoglobin concentration, anemia prevalence, and nutritional anemia prevalence in infants, children, and adolescents-and to compare outcomes by intervention and age group using network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background And Aims: The 2020 United States Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer guidelines for surveillance after colonoscopy with polypectomy introduced significant changes in surveillance intervals. We sought to identify rates of adherence to these new guidelines at an academic medical center.

Methods: Average-risk screening colonoscopies where 1 to 4 polyps <10 mm were removed between January 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021 were included.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Bayesian estimation of diagnostic accuracy of fecal smears, fecal PCR and serum ELISA for detecting Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infections in four domestic ruminant species in Saudi Arabia.

Vet Microbiol

January 2025

Département de pathologie et microbiologie, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; Research Chair in Biosecurity of Dairy Production, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada.

Paratuberculosis, a chronic wasting disease affecting domestic and wild ruminants worldwide, is caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). Various diagnostic tests exist for detecting MAP infection; however, none of them possess perfect accuracy to be qualified as a reference standard test, particularly due to their notably low sensitivity.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the efficacy of melatonin in drug- or contrast-induced AKI in preclinical and clinical studies.

Methods: PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science (WOS), the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), and clinical trials.GOV from the beginning until August 1, 2024.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Biopsy is considered the gold standard for diagnosing brain tumors, but its invasive nature can pose risks to patients. Additionally, tissue analysis can be cumbersome and inconsistent among observers. This research aims to develop a cost-effective, non-invasive, MRI-based computer-aided diagnosis tool that can reliably, accurately and swiftly identify brain tumor grades.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!