Outcomes for Thoracoscopy Versus Thoracotomy Not Just Technique Dependent: A Study of 9,787 Patients Andrea Wolf, MD, MPH, Bian Liu, PhD, Emanuele Leoncini, PhD, Daniel Nicastri, MD, Dong-Seok Lee, MD, Emanuela Taioli, MD, PhD, Raja Flores, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 105, Issue 3, Pages 886-891 (March 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.09.059 Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Odds of complication and in-hospital mortality of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) resection compared with thoracotomy, for lobectomy and sublobar resection. The models are adjusted for age, sex, race, Elixhauser comorbidity index, insurance, admission year, hospital urban/rural setting, teaching status, annual lung surgery volume (natural log transformed), and propensity scores. (CI = confidence interval.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2018 105, 886-891DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.09.059) Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions