Table 3. Comparisons between VATS and open surgery for resectable stage NSCLC.
| References | No. of patients |
No. of sampled LNs |
Hospital stay/days |
Drainage days |
Chylothorax |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VATS | Open | VATS | Open | VATS | Open | VATS | Open | VATS | Open | |||||
| Merritt RE, et al. 2013 (12) | 60 | 69 | 9.9 | 14.7 | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||||||||
| Ramos R, et al. 2012 (11) | 96 | 200 | 22.6 | 25.4 | 7 | 10.3 | 4 | 5.7 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Denlinger CE, et al. 2010 (13) | 79 | 464 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 5.1 | 7.3 | ||||||||
| Scott WJ, et al. 2010 (10) | 66 | 686 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Yang H, et al. 2013 (22) | 31 | 31 | 28.2 | 29.8 | 10.6 | 12.4 | 6.3 | 8.3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Our study | 2,703 | 2,917 | 18.03 | 15.07 | 6.5 | 8.37 | 4.5 | 6.37 | 4 | 10 | ||||
Abbreviations: NSCLC, Non-small cell lung cancer; VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopy surgery; LNs, lymph nodes.