Pierluigi Novellis, Patrick Maisonneuve, Elisa Dieci, Emanuele Voulaz, Edoardo Bottoni, Sara Di Stefano, Michela Solinas, Alberto Testori, Umberto Cariboni, Marco Alloisio, Giulia Veronesi
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 known/suspected lung cancer, candidates to anatomic resection, were enrolled in a single-center prospective study from April 2016 to December 2018. EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-LC13 scores were obtained preoperatively and, at three time points, postoperatively...
April 14, 2021: Journal of Clinical Medicine