@article { author = {}, title = {Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Treatment of Earlystage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer}, journal = {Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention}, volume = {14}, number = {5}, pages = {2871-2877}, year = {2013}, publisher = {West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP's West Asia Chapter.}, issn = {1513-7368}, eissn = {2476-762X}, doi = {}, abstract = {Objectives: To evaluate the safety, efficacy, and invasiveness of lobectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopicsurgery (VATS) in the treatment of stage I/II non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods: A total of 148patients presenting with Stage I or II NSCLC were enrolled into our study, comprising 71 who underwent VATSand 77 patients undergoing conventional thoracotomic lobectomy, in combination with systematic lymph noderesection. Results: It was found that VATS was superior to conventional thoracotomy in terms of the durationof surgery, intraoperative blood loss, frequency of the need to administer postoperative analgesia, thoracicintubation indwelling time, post-operative hospital stay, and survival rate (P<0.05). We saw no obvious differencein the number of resected lymph nodes with either approach. Conclusions: VATS lobectomy is a safe and reliablesurgical approach for the treatment of Stage I/II NSCLC, characterized by significantly minimal invasiveness,rapid post-operative recovery, and markedly lower loss of blood.}, keywords = {Video-assisted thoracscopic surgery,Lung cancer,lobectomy,lymph node dissection,Prognosis}, url = {https://journal.waocp.org/article_27710.html}, eprint = {https://journal.waocp.org/article_27710_b005a277ca68b405b7f5fb8ac1843554.pdf} }