Table 5:

Summary of reports on VATS lobectomy and overall results

Reference	No. of cases	Morbidity (%)	Mortality (%)	Survival (Stage I)	Conversion (%)	LOS
Flores et al. [2]	398	24.1	0.2	79%, 5 years	17.5	5
McKenna et al. [5]	1100	15.3	0.8	80%, 5 years	2.5	4.78
Onaitis et al. [7]	500	23.2	1	80%, 2 years	1.6	3
Roviaro et al. [12]	259	7.7	0.84	63%, 5 years	23	5
Kim et al. [13]	555	9.1	1.3	87%, 3 years	3.9	6
Gonzalez et al. [14]	200	21	2.5	85%, 3 years	14.5	4
Yim and Liu [16]	214	22	1.8	93%, 2 years	19	6.8
Present series	410	20.5	1.2	86.3%, 5 years	6.1	6.5

LOS: length of stay.