Video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy in non-small-cell lung cancer patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is associated with lower pulmonary complications than open lobectomy: a propensity score-matched analysis

Abstract

VATS lobectomy is associated with a lower incidence of pulmonary complications compared with lobectomy by thoracotomy in stage I NSCLC patients with COPD. VATS lobectomy may be the preferred strategy for appropriately selected NSCLC patients with COPD.