Objective• Limited lung function is an independent risk factor for postoperative respiratory
failure in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. In this study, we developed a mobile …

Background: Video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) lobectomy can affect patients' pulmonary
function and quality of life significantly. No optimal protocol combining patient-reported …

Background: Video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) lobectomy can significantly affect
pulmonary function and quality of life (QoL). An optimal protocol combining patient-reported …

Background Postoperative pulmonary recovery after lobectomy has showed early benefits
for the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and sparing open techniques over nonsparing …

Background Older and more fragile NSCLC patients are operated on through video-assisted
thoracic surgery (VATS), compared to thoracotomy. In this study we compare the long-term …

Methods This study included 226 patients who underwent uniportal thoracoscopic
lobectomy or Da Vinci robotic-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy for peripheral NSCLC≤ 2 …

Background Minimally invasive lung lobectomy and segmentectomy by video-assisted
thoracic surgery (VATS) are assumed to result in better quality of life and less postoperative …

Background: This study aims to assess the quality of life scores of patients who had
undergone lobectomy by videoassisted thoracoscopic surgery. Methods: Both the “Medical …

Background Robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) lung lobectomy has emerged as an
alternative approach to video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Patient-reported …

Objective: Patients with lung cancer generally undergo minimally invasive surgery, such as
video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). This study examined the changes in health …