Efficacy comparison of interlobar node dissection by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and thoracotomy in treatment of non-small cell lung cancer / 肿瘤研究与临床

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the positive detective rate of interlobar node in the operation of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and to compare the effect of interlobar node dissection by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) with thoracotomy in treatment of lung cancer. Methods 108 patients with NSCLC who received the surgery by the same group of thoracic surgeons were collected from Aug 2012 to Mar 2016 in Guangdong Medical University Affiliated Kaiping Central Hospital. The positive transfer and detective rates of interlobar node in patients with different clinical and pathological stage were analyzed. Then the patients were divided into traditional open thoracotomy group and VATS group according to the operation mode, meanwhile, the number of interlobar nodes dissection in the two groups were compared. Results The positive transfer rates of the interlober nodes in patients with different clinical stage were ⅠA 5.7 % (2/35),ⅠB 5.0 % (1/20), ⅡA 14.3 % (3/21), ⅡB 13.3 % (2/15), ⅢA 29.4 % (5/17); For patients with different pathological T stage were T1A 8.3 % (2/24), T1B 9.1 % (2/22), T2A 12.9 % (4/31), T2B 14.3 % (2/14), T3 21.4 %(3/14), T4 33.3 % (1/3), and over-all transfer rate was 13.0 % (14/108). In pathology stage and pathology T stage, the number of interlober nodes had no statistical difference in traditional open thoracotomy group and VATS group (all P>0.05). Conclusions Even in the early clinical stage, the transfer of interlobar node may be positive. The transfer rate of interlobar node is correlated positively with pathology T stage. VATS can achieve the same effect in interlobar node dissection compared with the traditional approach.