Propensity Score Analysis Comparing Videothoracoscopic Lobectomy With Thoracotomy: A French Nationwide Study Pierre-Benoit Pagès, MD, PhD, Jean-Philippe Delpy, MD, Bastien Orsini, MD, Dominique Gossot, MD, Jean-Marc Baste, MD, PhD, Pascal Thomas, MD, PhD, Marcel Dahan, MD, PhD, Alain Bernard, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 101, Issue 4, Pages 1370-1378 (April 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.10.105 Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Subgroup analysis for low-risk (n = 2,115) and high-risk patients (n = 241) according to the matching method (vertical line = no difference; diamond = odds ratio; horizontal line = 95% confidence interval). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 1370-1378DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.10.105) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Subgroup analysis for low-risk (n = 20,458) and high-risk patients (n = 2,787) according to the weighting method (vertical line = no difference; diamond = odds ratio; horizontal line = 95% confidence interval). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 1370-1378DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.10.105) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Kaplan-Meier plots of overall survival from (A) unmatched full sample, (B) matched, and (C) weighted data for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS; solid red line) and open thoracotomy (dashed blue line). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 1370-1378DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.10.105) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Kaplan-Meier plots of disease-free survival from (A) unmatched full sample, (B) matched, and (C) weighted data for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS; solid red line) and open thoracotomy (dashed blue line). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 1370-1378DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.10.105) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions