Perioperative Outcomes for NSCLC Comparing RATS and VATS Surgery

Supplementary file 2 contains meta-analysis results comparing robot-assisted and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for non-small cell lung cancer. The analysis includes data from 9 real-world clinical studies published between 2016 and 2025, involving 2,130 patients. The dataset was created by Jianfang Zhu and is licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Use Cases

• Compare intraoperative blood loss between surgical techniques based on pooled analysis results.
• Analyze lymph node yield differences between RATS and VATS based on weighted mean difference metrics.
• Evaluate postoperative complication rates for minimally invasive lobectomy based on study findings.
• Assess operative time and postoperative length of stay in the lobectomy subgroup based on subgroup analysis.

Strengths

• Includes data from 9 studies with 2,130 total patients (RATS: 1,090; VATS: 1,040).
• Study quality was assessed using the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale, with 7 high-quality and 2 moderate-quality studies.
• Focuses on real-world clinical reports, excluding database analyses to reflect routine practice.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the 2016-2025 publication window.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Meta-analysis performed with Review Manager 5.3 on studies sourced 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.