Table 2 Perioperative characteristics of the patients (vein-first versus artery-first)
From: Vein-first versus artery-first ligation procedure for lung cancer surgery: An updated review
References | Study design | No. of patients | Operation time, min | Blood loss, mL | Total complications, n(%) | Postoperative hospital stay, d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kozak [10] | Single-center RCT | 170/215 | Similar, p > 0.05 | Similar, p > 0.05 | Similar, p > 0.05 | Similar, p > 0.05 |
Bai [11] | Single-center RCT | 45/45 | (187.9 ± 28.9) vs. (177.2 ± 27.3), p > 0.05 | (158.3 ± 22.6) vs. (105.8 ± 21.9), p < 0.05 | 13(28.9) vs. 15(33.3), p > 0.05 | (9.8 ± 1.5) vs. (9.3 ± 1.3), p > 0.05 |
Refaely [12] | Retrospective | 133/146 | NR | NR | Similar, p > 0.05 | (8.9 ± 4.9) vs. (9.5 ± 5.0), p > 0.05 |
Li [13] | Retrospective | 174/93 | (186.2 ± 53.6) vs. (167.0 ± 45.2), p > 0.05 | (148.3 ± 142.9) vs. (105.1 ± 97.5), p < 0.05 | 44 (25.3) vs. 23 (24.7), p > 0.05 | (9.5 ± 9.9) vs. (8.0 ± 4.0), p > 0.05 |
Sumitomo [5] | Retrospective | 104/83 | (227.5 ± 60.2) vs. (222.5 ± 47.2), p > 0.05 | (101.9 ± 148.6) vs. (125.6 ± 123.8), p > 0.05 | NR | NR |
He [14] | Retrospective | 33/27 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Wei [4] | Retrospective PSM | 210/210 | 119 (100–150) vs. 123 (110–155), p > 0.05 | 50 (20–55) vs. 50 (20–95), p > 0.05 | 5 (13.2) vs. 5 (12.5), p > 0.05 | 6 (5–8) vs. 6 (5–7), p > 0.05 |