Does Thoracoscopic Surgery Decrease the Morbidity of Combined Lung and Chest Wall Resection? Mark W. Hennon, MD, Elisabeth U. Dexter, MD, Miriam Huang, MD, John Kane, MD, Chukwumere Nwogu, MD, PhD, Anthony Picone, MD, Sai Yendamuri, MBBS, Todd L. Demmy, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 99, Issue 6, Pages 1929-1935 (June 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.038 Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Histogram of hospital stay for video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and standard (Open) thoracotomy patients treated for non-small cell lung carcinoma. X’s indicate deaths. The VATS cases are clustered at less than 10 days. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 1929-1935DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.038) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Histogram showing age range for video-assisted thoracic surgery patients (VATS) and standard (Open) thoracotomy patients treated for non-small cell lung carcinoma, and age range for patients with early mortality after undergoing VATS (Death VATS) and standard thoracotomy (Death Open). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 1929-1935DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.038) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Overall survival of patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma, treated with anatomic lung resection with en bloc chest wall resection by VATS (dashed line, n = 15) compared with those treated by thoracotomy (Open); (solid line, n = 16, difference between curves p = 0.88). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 1929-1935DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.038) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions