Uniportal Versus Multiportal Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy for Lung Cancer: An Updated Meta-analysis.
Dimitrios E MagouliotisMaria P FergadiKyriakos SpiliopoulosKalliopi AthanassiadiPublished in: Lung (2021)
The present meta-analysis indicates that UVATS is associated with enhanced outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for lung cancer. Well-designed, randomized studies, comparing UVATS to MVATS, are necessary to further assess their long-term clinical outcomes.
Keyphrases
- systematic review
- case control
- patients undergoing
- meta analyses
- minimally invasive
- open label
- thoracic surgery
- double blind
- coronary artery bypass
- clinical trial
- type diabetes
- randomized controlled trial
- coronary artery disease
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- placebo controlled
- weight loss