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Gallina FT, Tajè R, Forcella D, Gennari V, Visca P, Pierconti F, Coccia C, Cappuzzo F, Sperduti I, Facciolo F, Melis E. Perioperative outcomes of robotic lobectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer in elderly patients. Front Oncol 2022; 12:1055418. [DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.1055418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
IntroductionMinimally invasive surgery has become the standard for the early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The appropriateness of the kind of lung resection for the elderly patients is still debated.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed patients with older than 75 years who underwent robotic lobectomy between May 2016 to June 2022. We selected 103 patients who met the inclusion criteria of the study. The preoperative cardiorespiratory functional evaluations were collected, and the risk of postoperative complications was calculated according to the Charlson Comorbidity Index, the American College of Surgery surgical risk calculator (ACS-NSQIP), EVAD score, and American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) score. The patients were divided in two groups according to the presence of postoperative complications.ResultsForty-three patients were female, and 72.8% of the total population were former or active smokers. Thirty-five patients reported postoperative complications. The analysis of the two groups showed that the predicted postoperative forced expiratory volumes in the first second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) were significantly lower in patients presenting postoperative complications (p=0.04). Moreover, the upstaging rate and the unexpected nodal metastases were higher in the postoperative complication groups.ConclusionRobotic-assisted lobectomy for early-stage lung cancer is a safe and feasible approach in selected elderly patients. The factors that could predict the complication rate was the predicted postoperative FEV1 and the nodal disease.
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Chen DL, Kang PM, Tao SL, Wu LC, Li QY, Tan QY. Comparative short-term outcomes of robotic-assisted surgery for older patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a propensity matched study. Updates Surg 2021; 74:1087-1096. [PMID: 33538992 DOI: 10.1007/s13304-021-00992-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
To investigate comparative short-term outcomes of robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) versus video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for older non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Patients ≥ 65 years old with stage I-III NSCLC operated with RAS or VATS from 2016 to 2018 were consecutively included. Propensity score-matched (PSM) method was implemented to balance inter-group biases. Totally 376 participants (224 with VATS and 152 with RAS) were included. After PSM, a cohort (144 with VATS and 107 with RAS) was generated with balanced baseline characteristics. RAS was significantly superior over VATS in the majority of perioperative outcomes, such as operating time (120.8 vs. 165.1 min), conversion rate (0.0% vs. 19.4%), and length of stay (8.6 vs. 10.8 days). RAS versus VATS was significantly associated with comparable rates of postoperative complications (OR 0.642, 95% CI 0.311-1.327), except the rate of pneumonia (OR 0.161, 95% CI 0.048-0.544). RAS leads to analogous postoperative complications and seemingly accelerates the recovery time of older NSCLC patients compared with VATS.
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Affiliation(s)
- Da-Li Chen
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, 10# Changjiangzhilu Daping, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400042, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, 10# Changjiangzhilu Daping, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400042, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, 10# Changjiangzhilu Daping, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400042, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, 10# Changjiangzhilu Daping, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400042, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, 10# Changjiangzhilu Daping, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400042, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, 10# Changjiangzhilu Daping, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400042, People's Republic of China.
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