@article{TLCR26445,
author = {Chenglin Guo and Liang Xia and Jiandong Mei and Chengwu Liu and Feng Lin and Lin Ma and Qiang Pu and Lunxu Liu},
title = {A propensity score matching study of non-grasping en bloc mediastinal lymph node dissection versus traditional grasping mediastinal lymph node dissection for non-small cell lung cancer by video-assisted thoracic surgery},
journal = {Translational Lung Cancer Research},
volume = {8},
number = {2},
year = {2019},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background: The aim of our study was to compare the efficacy of lymph node (LN) dissection, short-term surgical outcomes, and long-term outcomes between non-grasping en bloc mediastinal lymph node dissection (NE-MLND) and traditional grasping mediastinal lymph node dissection (G-MLND) under video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 872 patients with pathological stage I-III NSCLC who underwent VATS. The patient’s demographic characteristics, short-term surgical outcomes, overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) were assessed. A propensity score-matched (PSM) analysis was performed between NE-MLND and G-MLND to reduce bias, and 349 pairs of patients were matched.
Results: Before propensity-score matching, for short-term surgical outcomes, the NE-MLND group had shorter operation time (P},
issn = {2226-4477}, url = {https://tlcr.amegroups.org/article/view/26445}
}