Thoracotomy is better than thoracoscopic lobectomy in the lymph node dissection of lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

[1] Oda M(2007)Closed three-port anatomic lobectomy with systematic nodal dissection for lung cancer Surg Endosc 21 1464-5

[2] Ishikawa N(2010)Estimation and projection of lung cancer incidence and mortality in China Chin J Lung Cancer 13 488-93

[3] Tsunezuka Y(2005)Cancer and leukemia group B. Poor correspondence between clinical and pathologic staging in stage 1 non-small cell lung cancer: results from CALGB 9761, a prospective trial Lung Cancer 48 241-6

[4] Chen WQ(2014)Thoracoscopic lobectomy is associated with improved short-term and equivalent oncological outcomes compared with open lobectomy for clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a propensity-matched analysis of 963 cases Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 46 607-13

[5] Zhang SW(2015)Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and thoracotomy during lobectomy for clinical stage I non-small-cell lung cancer have equivalent oncological outcomes: a single-center experience of 212 consecutive resections Oncol Lett 9 1364-72

[6] Zou XN(2015)VATS lobectomy has better perioperative outcomes than open lobectomy: CALGB 31001, an ancillary analysis of CALGB 140202 (Alliance) Ann Thorac Surg 99 399-405

[7] D’Cunha J(2011)Comparison of costs for video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy and open lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer Surg Endosc 25 1054-61

[8] Herndon JE(1996)Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: is blinding necessary? Control Clin Trials 17 1-12

[9] Herzan DL(2007)The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: proposals for the revision of the TNM stage groupings in the forthcoming (seventh) edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumours J Thorac Oncol 2 706-14

[10] Stephens N(2016)A standardized technique of systematic mediastinal lymph node dissection by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) leads to a high rate of nodal upstaging in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer Surg Endosc 30 1119-25

[1] Oda M(2007)Closed three-port anatomic lobectomy with systematic nodal dissection for lung cancer Surg Endosc 21 1464-5

[2] Ishikawa N(2010)Estimation and projection of lung cancer incidence and mortality in China Chin J Lung Cancer 13 488-93

[3] Tsunezuka Y(2005)Cancer and leukemia group B. Poor correspondence between clinical and pathologic staging in stage 1 non-small cell lung cancer: results from CALGB 9761, a prospective trial Lung Cancer 48 241-6

[4] Chen WQ(2014)Thoracoscopic lobectomy is associated with improved short-term and equivalent oncological outcomes compared with open lobectomy for clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a propensity-matched analysis of 963 cases Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 46 607-13

[5] Zhang SW(2015)Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and thoracotomy during lobectomy for clinical stage I non-small-cell lung cancer have equivalent oncological outcomes: a single-center experience of 212 consecutive resections Oncol Lett 9 1364-72

[6] Zou XN(2015)VATS lobectomy has better perioperative outcomes than open lobectomy: CALGB 31001, an ancillary analysis of CALGB 140202 (Alliance) Ann Thorac Surg 99 399-405

[7] D’Cunha J(2011)Comparison of costs for video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy and open lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer Surg Endosc 25 1054-61

[8] Herndon JE(1996)Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: is blinding necessary? Control Clin Trials 17 1-12

[9] Herzan DL(2007)The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: proposals for the revision of the TNM stage groupings in the forthcoming (seventh) edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumours J Thorac Oncol 2 706-14

[10] Stephens N(2016)A standardized technique of systematic mediastinal lymph node dissection by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) leads to a high rate of nodal upstaging in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer Surg Endosc 30 1119-25