Current Approaches to Surgical Management of Lung Cancer

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    Cost Comparison of Surgical Approaches to Lung Resection

    VATS=video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.Overall cost per case comparison: open versus robot (p=0.058), open versus video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS; p = 0.227*), and robot versus VATS (p<0.001).Reproduced from Deen SA et al. Defining the cost of care for lobectomy and segmentectomy: a comparison of open, video-assisted thoracoscopic, and robotic approaches. Ann Thorac Surg 2014;97(3):1000–1007. With permission from Elsevier.*On December 1, 2014, this was changed from 0.2271 to 0.227.