Wednesday, October 29, 2014

BMJ - Thoracoscopic versus Open Lobectomy

"Long term survival with thoracoscopic versus open lobectomy: propensity matched comparative analysis using SEER-Medicare database"

"Conclusion This propensity matched analysis showed that patients undergoing thoracoscopic lobectomy had similar overall, cancer specific, and disease-free survival compared with patients undergoing thoracotomy lobectomy. Thoracoscopic techniques do not seem to compromise these measures of outcome after lobectomy."


http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g5575

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