Outcomes of single- versus multi-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: Data from a multicenter randomized controlled trial of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus thoracotomy for lung cancerCentral MessagePerspective

Objectives: Surgery through a single port may be less painful because access is supplied by 1 intercostal nerve or more painful because multiple instruments are used in 1 port. We analyzed data collected from the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery group of a randomized controlled trial to compare...

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Main Authors: Eric Lim, MD, Rosie A. Harris, MSc, Tim Batchelor, Bsc (Hons), MBChB, FRCS, Gianluca Casali, MEDGB, Rakesh Krishnadas, MD, Sofina Begum, MD, Simon Jordan, MD, Joel Dunning, MD, Ian Paul, MD, Michael Shackcloth, MD, Sarah Feeney, RN, Vladimir Anikin, MD, Niall Mcgonigle, MD, Hazem Fallouh, MD, Luis Hernandez, MD, Franscesco Di Chiara, MD, Dionisios Stavroulias, MD, Mahmoud Loubani, MD, Syed Qadri, MD, Vipin Zamvar, MD, Lucy Marshall, RN, Surinder Kaur, BSc, Chris A. Rogers, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-06-01
Series:JTCVS Open
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666273624000949