Table 5 Literature review: intra- and postoperative characteristics

Landreneau et al. [23]

76

17.1

NA

NA

7.4 ± 7.2

3.3 ± 2.9

6.6

Wait et al. [19]

20

0

VATS 0/CT 11.11

NA

VATS 8.7 ± 0.9/ CT 12.8 ± 1.1

VATS 5.8 ± 1.1/ CT 4.2 ± 1.8

VATS 9.09/CT 11.11

Angelillo Mackinlav et al. [24]

64

9.67

VATS 16.13/Open 15.15

VATS 119 ± 32.5/ Open 123 ± 25.8

VATS 6.7 ± 3.0/ Open 11.6 ± 9.1

VATS 4.2 ± 1.5/ Open 6.1 ± 2.3

VATS 3.22/Open 0

Cassina et al. [27]

45

10

16

NA

10.7 [6–140

7.1 [4–140]

3

Roberts et al. [25]

172

NA

VATS 9/ Open 21

NA

15.3

10.5

1.8

Kim et al. [28]

70

7.14

NA

79.5 ± 15

5.7 ± 6

5 ± 2

0

Lardinois et al. [29]

328

44.38

9

NA

NA

NA

VATS 3/ Open 4

Solaini et al. [30]

110

8.2

10.9

120 [35–220]

7.1 [5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17]

6 [3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25]

0

Cardillo et al. [21]

308

5.94

VATS 18.3/ Open 25.2

VATS 70 ± 7.4/ Open 79.6 ± 6.8

VATS 8.6 ± 1.8/ Open 10 ± 7.8

NA

VATS 0/ Open 3.2

Stefani et al. [31]

97

59

VATS 12.5/ Open 32

VATS 146 [90–210]/ Open 162 [80–255]

VATS 8.3 [3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30]/ Open 8.4 [3–44]

VATS 4.4 [2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12]/ Open 5 [2–40]

NA

Bongiolatti et al. [32]

64

10

VATS 10/ Open 47

VATS 116 ± 28/ Open 135 ± 43

VATS 6.7 ± 1.9/ Open 12.2 ± 4.7

VATS 5.6 ± 1.4/ Open 10.6 ± 4.2

0

Ismail et al. [22]

35

0

22.8

128.29 ± 8.98

15.6 ± 8.98

8.91 ± 7.01

0

Semenkovich et al. [33]

4095

15

CT 15.4/ VATS 4.7/ Open 6

NA

CT 14 [9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22]/ VATS 12 [9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19]/ Open 15 [10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21]

NA

CT 18.3/ VATS 5.4/ Open 6.8

van Middep et al. [26]

186

u-VATS 0/ m-VATS 3

u-VATS 18/ m-VATS 10

u-VATS 65.3 ± 17.9/ m-VATS 56.4 ± 23.3

u-VATS 18.9 ± 12.8/ m-VATS 20.1 ± 14.7

u-VATS 6.4 ± 4.3/ m-VATS 8.9 ± 6.2

u-VATS 8/ m-VATS 6