Treatment and intention-to-treat propensity score analysis to evaluate the impact of video-assisted thoracic surgery on 90-day mortality after anatomical resection for lung cancer.
José Luis RecueroIñigo Royo-CrespoDavid Gómez de-AntonioSergi CallBorja AguinagaldeMaría Teresa Gómez-HernándezJorge Hernández-FerrándezDavid Sánchez-LorenteJulio Sesma-RomeroEduardo RivoNicolás Moreno-MataRaúl EmbúnPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2022)
VATS can reduce the risk of 90-day mortality after anatomical lung resection. However, the implications of conversion to thoracotomy, comparing ITT versus treatment analysis, and the potential impact of hidden bias should deserve further attention in the future.