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Safety and efficacy of median sternotomy versus video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung volume reduction surgery.

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McKenna, RJ; Benditt, JO; DeCamp, M; Deschamps, C; Kaiser, L; Lee, SM; Mohsenifar, Z; Piantadosi, S; Ramsey, S; Reilly, J; Utz, J ...
Published in: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
May 2004

BACKGROUND: The National Emphysema Treatment Trial, a randomized trial comparing lung volume reduction surgery with medical therapy for severe emphysema, included randomized and nonrandomized comparisons of the median sternotomy and video-assisted thoracoscopic approaches for lung volume reduction surgery. METHODS: Lung volume reduction surgery was performed by median sternotomy only at 8 centers and video-assisted thoracoscopy only at 3 centers; 6 centers randomized the approach to lung volume reduction surgery. Mortality, morbidity, functional status, and costs were assessed. RESULTS: In the nonrandomized comparison, 359 patients received lung volume reduction surgery by median sternotomy, and 152 patients received lung volume reduction surgery by video-assisted thoracoscopy. The 90-day mortality was 5.9% for median sternotomy and 4.6% for video-assisted thoracoscopy (P =.67). Overall mortality was 0.08 deaths per person-year for median sternotomy and 0.10 deaths per person-year for video-assisted thoracoscopy (video-assisted thoracoscopy-median sternotomy risk ratio, 1.18; P =.42). Complication rates were low and not statistically different for the 2 approaches. The median hospital length of stay was longer for median sternotomy than for video-assisted thoracoscopy (10 vs 9 days; P =.01). By 30 days after surgery, 70.5% of median sternotomy patients and 80.9% of video-assisted thoracoscopy patients were living independently (P =.02). Functional outcomes were similar for median sternotomy and video-assisted thoracoscopy at 12 and 24 months. Costs for the operation and the associated hospital stay and costs in the 6 months after surgery were both less for video-assisted thoracoscopy than for median sternotomy (P <.01 in both cases). Similar results were noted for the randomized comparison. CONCLUSIONS: Morbidity and mortality were comparable after lung volume reduction surgery by video-assisted thoracoscopy or median sternotomy, as were functional results. The video-assisted thoracoscopic approach to lung volume reduction surgery allowed earlier recovery at a lower cost than median sternotomy.

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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

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0022-5223

Publication Date

May 2004

Volume

127

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1350 / 1360

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
  • Sternum
  • Respiratory System
  • Respiration, Artificial
  • Pulmonary Emphysema
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Postoperative Care
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Male
 

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McKenna, R. J., Benditt, J. O., DeCamp, M., Deschamps, C., Kaiser, L., Lee, S. M., … National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group, . (2004). Safety and efficacy of median sternotomy versus video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung volume reduction surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 127(5), 1350–1360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.11.025
McKenna, Robert J., Joshua O. Benditt, Malcolm DeCamp, Claude Deschamps, Larry Kaiser, Shing M. Lee, Zab Mohsenifar, et al. “Safety and efficacy of median sternotomy versus video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung volume reduction surgery.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 127, no. 5 (May 2004): 1350–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.11.025.
McKenna RJ, Benditt JO, DeCamp M, Deschamps C, Kaiser L, Lee SM, et al. Safety and efficacy of median sternotomy versus video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung volume reduction surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004 May;127(5):1350–60.
McKenna, Robert J., et al. “Safety and efficacy of median sternotomy versus video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung volume reduction surgery.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, vol. 127, no. 5, May 2004, pp. 1350–60. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.11.025.
McKenna RJ, Benditt JO, DeCamp M, Deschamps C, Kaiser L, Lee SM, Mohsenifar Z, Piantadosi S, Ramsey S, Reilly J, Utz J, National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group. Safety and efficacy of median sternotomy versus video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung volume reduction surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004 May;127(5):1350–1360.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

DOI

ISSN

0022-5223

Publication Date

May 2004

Volume

127

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1350 / 1360

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
  • Sternum
  • Respiratory System
  • Respiration, Artificial
  • Pulmonary Emphysema
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Postoperative Care
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Male