Safety and efficacy of video-assisted versus conventional lung resection for lung cancer

摘要：

Objective:We sought to evaluate the use of videoassisted thoracoscopy among patients with lung cancer and its safety and effectiveness relative to conventional resection. Methods:A cohort study (1994-2002) was conducted by using the Surveillance,Epidemiology,and End-Results Medicare database.Video-assisted thoracoscopy and conventional resection were hypothesized to be equivalent in terms of risks of death.Equivalency was defined by a confidence interval of 0.72 to 1.28 for the odds of 30-day death and 0.89 to 1.11 for the hazard of death,corresponding to a difference of no more than 1 % for 30-day mortality and 5% for 5-year survival,respectively.

作者: Farhood Farjah Douglas E. Michael S.Mulligan Bahiralhan Krishnadasan Patrick J.Heagerty Rebecca Gaston Symons David R.Flum

作者单位: From the Surgical Outcomes Research Center,Depatrment of Surgery and the Division of Cardiothoracic Department of Surgery,the Department of Biosta-tistics From the Surgical Outcomes Research Center,Depatrment of Surgery and the Division of General Surgery From the Surgical Outcomes Research Center,Depatrment of Surgery From the Surgical Outcomes Research

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 21st International Conference on Screening for Lung Cancer(第21届国际肺癌筛查大会)

会议地点: 珠海

会议语种:英文

页码: 141-147

在线出版日期: 2009-10-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）