Table 2.
Pulmonary complication and morbidity
| Outcome | Robotic Lobectomy |
Open Lobectomy |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 287) | (n = 312) | ||
| Pulmonary complication | 60 (21%) | 100 (32%) | 0.002 |
| Air leak (> 5 days) | 16 (6%) | 31 (10%) | 0.047 |
| Atelectasis (req. bronchoscopy) | 18 (6%) | 51 (16%) | 0.001 |
| Pleural effusion (req. drainage) | 5 (2%) | 9 (3%) | 0.36 |
| Pneumonia | 9 (3%) | 25 (8%) | 0.010 |
| Respiratory failure | 22 (8%) | 35 (11%) | 0.14 |
| ARDS | 0 | 8 (2%) | 0.031 |
| Pneumothorax | 12 (4%) | 10 (3%) | 0.52 |
| Initial vent support > 48 h | 0 | 2 (1%) | 0.17 |
| Tracheostomy | 2 (1%) | 8 (3%) | 0.07 |
| Other pulmonary event | 6 (2%) | 6 (2%) | 1.00 |
| Length of hospitalization [days], median (IQR) | 4 (3–6) | 6 (5–10) | 0.001 |
| Major Complications | 34 (12%) | 52 (17%) | 0.09 |
| Mortality | 3 (1%) | 5 (2%) | 0.58 |