@article{VATS4842,
author = {Duilio Divisi and Mirko Barone and Gino Zaccagna and Roberto Crisci},
title = {Two dimensional versus three dimensional video-assisted mediastinal lymphadenectomy: a meta-analysis},
journal = {Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery},
volume = {4},
number = {0},
year = {2019},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background: To investigate current role of three-dimensional video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and its differences from conventional flat video-assisted procedures for lymph node dissections in both pulmonary and esophageal cancers.
Methods: A PubMed Embase, Google Scholar, OpenDOAR research was carried out according to a prepended Boolean function in order to speculate some difference in mean harvested lymph nodes, blood loss and postoperative chylothorax according to the techniques.
Results: Electing six articles, for a total of 1,262 patients (609 3D-VATS and 653 2D-VATS patients), significant differences favouring a 3D approach were found in mean node count [mean difference: 1.56; standard error (SE): 0.23; 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 1.11–2.01, difference freedom (DF) =1,260; t=6.85; P},
issn = {2519-0792}, url = {https://vats.amegroups.org/article/view/4842}
}