Effect of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery on short-term efficacy and complication in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Objective:To compare the short-term efficacy and complications between video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and conventional thoracotomy in treating non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC).Methods:Sixty patients with NSCLC were randomly divided into the observation group(n=30) and control group(n=30).The control group was treated with conventional thoracotomy,while the observation group was treated with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.The short-term efficacy and complications between two groups were compared.Results:The difference of operation time,intraoperative bleeding,number of resected lymph nodes and dioxin dosage in two groups was not statistically significant(P>0.05).The day of postoperative pleural drainage over 50 mL,hospitalization time,and number of cases with arrhythmia,pneumonia,pulmonary embolism,wound infection in observation group were less than those in control group(P<0.01).Conclusions:The clinical efficacy of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in treating NSCLC is better than that of conventional open thoracic surgery,which has little complication and better value in clinic.