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Clinical Trial
. 2003 Feb;128(2):106-10.
doi: 10.1055/s-2003-37763.

[Complication rate after thoracoscopic and conventional lobectomy]

[Article in German]
Beatrix Hoksch  1 , B Ablassmaier, M Walter, J M Müller
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Clinical Trial

[Complication rate after thoracoscopic and conventional lobectomy]

[Article in German]
Beatrix Hoksch et al. Zentralbl Chir. 2003 Feb.

Abstract

Aim: To determine whether a thoracoscopic lobectomy used for treatment of primary non-small cell lung cancer shows a higher or lower morbidity in comparison to the conventional resection (thoracotomy) postoperatively.

Methodology: 42 patients with the presumption diagnosis of a lung cancer received a thoracoscopic lobectomy (n=28) or a conventional lobectomy (n=14). Postoperative complication rate (30 days) was analysed prospectively. There were no differences between the groups referring to age, co-morbidity, localisation of the tumor and stage.

Results: Patients with a conventional operation revealed a significant higher morbidity in comparison to the patients of the thoracoscopic group (50 % vs. 14.2 %, p=0.03).

Conclusion: The thoracoscopic lobectomy represents a safe operation method and an alternative to the conventional operation (thoracotomy).

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