title: Current costs of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy.
abstract: Video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy has many benefits over open surgery such as smaller incisions, less pain, less blood loss, faster postoperative recovery, shortened hospital stay, similar or superior survival rates. In contrast video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has higher equipment costs, increased operating room times, at least initially, and a learning curve for the team. However when an experienced surgeon performs the surgery, significant hospital savings combined with better outcomes are achieved by video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Tunc
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lacin
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Swanson
keywords: Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS); costs; lobectomy; quality of life
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