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30 June 2021

Clinical outcomes of powered and manual staplers in video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for lung cancer

Authors: Yang Gao, Fang Xiong, Xiaozhe Xia, Pengjuan Gu, Qinghong Wang, Aiping Wu, Huan Zhan, Wendong Chen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9517-4745 [email protected], and Zhaoxin Qian [email protected]Author Info & Affiliations

Publication: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research

Volume 10, Number 13

https://doi.org/10.2217/cer-2021-0060

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Abstract

Methods: This retrospective cohort study identified patients who underwent video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy for lung cancer from January 2016 to December 2018 in a Chinese tertiary general hospital. The electronic hospital medical records associated with the VATS lobectomy for lung cancer were the data sources. Results: Based on the analysis of 433 patients with the utilization of staplers in their VATS lobectomy for lung cancer, using powered stapler was associated with significantly shorter operation time and postsurgery hospital stay length than using the manual stapler in the multivariable generalized linear regression analyses with the adjustment of patient characteristics. However, no other significant differences were observed for other clinical outcomes between the two staplers.

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