Quality of Life, Postoperative Pain, and Lymph Node Dissection in a Robotic Approach Compared to VATS and OPEN for Early Stage Lung Cancer

Quality of Life, Postoperative Pain, and Lymph Node Dissection in a Robotic Approach Compared to VATS and OPEN for Early Stage Lung Cancer

We compare the perioperative course, postoperative pain, and quality-of-life (QOL) in patients undergoing anatomic resections of early-stage lung cancer by means of robotic surgery (RATS), video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), or muscle-sparing thoracotomy (OPEN); 169 consecutive patients with kno...

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Main Authors: Pierluigi Novellis, Patrick Maisonneuve, Elisa Dieci, Emanuele Voulaz, Edoardo Bottoni, Sara Di Stefano, Michela Solinas, Alberto Testori, Umberto Cariboni, Marco Alloisio, Giulia Veronesi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
robotic surgery
lung cancer
early stage
quality of life
postoperative pain
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/8/1687

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