Table 5. Summary of recent studies regarding sleeve lobectomy.
| Authors | Publication year | Surgical procedure | Number of patients | Surgical resection | 5-year DFS (%) | 5-year OS (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current study | – | RATS | 104 | Single sleeve lobectomy | 67.9 | 73.0 |
| Chen et al. (20) | 2021 | Thoracotomy and VATS | 665 | Sleeve lobectomy | 56.6 | 61.0 |
| Inci et al. (21) | 2020 | Thoracotomy | 106 | Standard sleeve lobectomy | – | 57.6 |
| 81 | Complex sleeve lobectomy | – | 56.2 | |||
| Yang et al. (19) | 2020 | Thoracotomy | 143 | Sleeve lobectomy | 59.0 | 59.6 |
| VATS | 44 | 54.6 | 56.1 | |||
| Gao et al. (18) | 2019 | Thoracotomy | 94 | Sleeve lobectomy | 44.7 | 61.7 |
| VATS | 54 | 59.3 | 72.2 | |||
| Maurizi et al. (22) | 2018 | Thoracotomy | 28 | Y-sleeve resections | 62.9 | 55.1 |
| Hong et al. (23) | 2018 | Thoracotomy | 63 | Extended sleeve lobectomy | 59.0 | 62.0 |
| 477 | Simple sleeve lobectomy | 57.0 | 69.0 | |||
| Nagayasu et al. (24) | 2016 | Thoracotomy | 100 | Bronchoplasty | – | 45.6–60.9 |
| Tagawa et al. (25) | 2016 | Thoracotomy | 151 | Sleeve lobectomy | – | 62.6 |
| Andersson et al. (26) | 2015 | Thoracotomy | 40 | Sleeve lobectomy | – | 37.5 |
| Zhao et al. (27) | 2015 | Thoracotomy | 161 | Bronchoplastic and broncho-arterioplastic | 48.2 | 53.4 |
RATS, robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; DFS, disease-free survival; OS, overall survival.