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Table 2 Perioperative outcomes of included studies

From: Feasibility and safety of robot-assisted thoracic surgery for lung lobectomy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Operative time (min)

Blood loss (ml)

Hospital length of stay (d)

Dissected LNs station

Dissected LNs number

Costs

RATS

VATS

RATS

VATS

RATS

VATS

RATS

VATS

RATS

VATS

RATS

VATS

Jang et al.

240

161*

219

245

6

7

7

8

22

26*

NA

NA

Lee et al. (2012)

209

157*

NA

NA

6.3*

8.9

7.3

6.0

24.8

23.6

NA

NA

Augustin et al.

215

183*

NA

NA

11

9

NA

NA

NA

NA

2507€

1736€

Adams et al.

241

179.8*

NA

NA

4.7

5.3

4.1

NA

9.4

NA

NA

NA

He et al.

145.50*

162.79

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Kent et al.

NA

NA

NA

NA

5.9

5.7

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Paul et al.

NA

NA

NA

NA

5

5

NA

NA

NA

NA

$22,582

$17,874*

Swanson et al.

269.4

253.8

NA

NA

6.07

5.83

NA

NA

NA

NA

$25,041

$20,477*

Lee et al. (2015)

161

123*

NA

NA

3

3

NA

NA

17*

11

NA

NA

Mahieu et al.

190

185

100

200

6

7

5

3

14

14

NA

NA

Yang et al.

NA

NA

NA

NA

4

4

5*

3

NA

NA

NA

NA

Louie et al.

186

173*

NA

NA

4

4

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

  1. *P < 0.05
  2. RATS robot-assisted thoracic surgery, VATS video-assisted thoracic surgery, LNs lymph nodes, NA not available