Background Although minimally invasive lobectomy has gained worldwide interest, there
has been debate on perioperative and oncological outcomes. The purpose of this study was …

Objective Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy was introduced over 25 years
ago. More recently, the technique has been modified from a multiport video-assisted thoracic …

Objective To assess the effectiveness of intraoperative lymph node (LN) staging by
comparing upstaging between robotic-assisted surgery, video-assisted thoracoscopic …

OBJECTIVES Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide.
Survival is highly dependent on surgery. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is …

Background Pathologic nodal upstaging can be considered a surrogate for completeness of
nodal evaluation and quality of surgery. We sought to determine the rate of nodal upstaging …

Introduction Questions remain regarding differences in nodal evaluation and upstaging
between thoracotomy (open) and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) approaches to …

Background Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy is a standard treatment for
lung cancer. This study retrospectively compared long-term outcomes after VATS lobectomy …

Background It is unclear whether the enhanced dexterity and visualization of the surgical
robot lessens morbidity and influences staging or survival. We compared outcomes of …

Simple Summary Lung cancer evolutions, innovative systemic treatments, minimally
invasive thoracic surgery approaches and perioperative medical care have changed the role …

Background We compared survival between video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
and thoracotomy approaches to lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer. Methods Overall …