Meta-Analysis of Robot-Assisted vs Video-Assisted Surgery for Lung Cancer

Jianfang Zhu published a meta-analysis PDF on figshare in May 2026. The document compares perioperative outcomes of robot-assisted (RATS) and video-assisted (VATS) thoracoscopic surgery for non-small cell lung cancer. It includes pooled results from nine real-world clinical studies involving 2,130 patients.

Use Cases

• Comparing surgical outcomes between RATS and VATS based on the meta-analysis results
• Evaluating lymph node yield as a metric for surgical efficacy based on the reported weighted mean difference
• Assessing study quality for clinical evidence using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale mentioned in the methods

Strengths

• The analysis is based on nine real-world clinical studies, excluding database analyses to reflect routine practice.
• The study quality was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale, with seven studies rated high-quality.
• The meta-analysis includes data from 2,130 patients (1,090 RATS, 1,040 VATS).

Limitations

• The dataset is a single PDF document (257.8 KB) summarizing results, not the raw underlying data.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the text.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for direct data reuse.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Meta-analysis of studies from PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science.

Time Range

Studies published from January 2016 to December 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 04:17:06; freshness should be verified.