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Outcomes after thoracoscopic versus open lobectomy
  1. Ulrik Sartipy
  1. Correspondence to Dr Ulrik Sartipy, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anesthesiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm SE-171 76, Sweden; Ulrik.Sartipy{at}karolinska.se

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202521

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    In this national database study from the USA, the short-term outcomes following thoracoscopic lobectomy were compared with open thoracotomy lobectomy.

    From the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database, maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, all adult patients who underwent lobectomy as the principal procedure, by either thoracoscopy or thoracotomy during 2007 and 2008, were included. Patients with prior …

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      • ▸ Paul S, Sedrakyan A, Chiu YL, et al. Outcomes after lobectomy using thoracoscopy vs thoracotomy: a comparative effectiveness analysis utilizing the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2013;43:813–7.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.