Patient-Reported Outcomes of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Versus Thoracotomy for Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.
Xing WeiHongfan YuWei DaiYunfei MuYaqin WangJia LiaoLin PengYongtao HanQiang LiQiuling ShiPublished in: Annals of surgical oncology (2021)
Locally advanced lung cancer patients who underwent VATS had lower postoperative symptom burden, less daily function interference, and better QOL than those who underwent thoracotomy.
Keyphrases
- patient reported outcomes
- thoracic surgery
- locally advanced
- aortic valve replacement
- minimally invasive
- rectal cancer
- coronary artery bypass
- squamous cell carcinoma
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- patients undergoing
- radiation therapy
- physical activity
- phase ii study
- robot assisted
- surgical site infection
- risk factors
- aortic valve
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- clinical trial
- heart failure
- coronary artery disease
- open label
- double blind
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement