Table 1 Characteristics of included articles
First Author (Year) | DWPOD1—n (%) | Data Source | Minimally Invasive—n (%) | Malignant Diagnosis—n (%) | LOS in DAPOD1 (Days) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DWPOD1 | DAPOD1 | DWPOD1 | DAPOD1 | ||||
Drawbert et al. [14] | 3879 (7.3) PSM: 3819 (50) | NCDB | 1429 (36.8) PSM: 1400 (43.6) | 20,246 (41.4) PSM: 1646 (44.3) | 3879 (100) PSM: 3819 (100) | 48,951 (100) PSM: 3819 (100) | Range = 2–7 |
Geraci et al. [15] | 134 (52.9) | Institutional | 134 (100)—all Robotic | 119 (100)—all Robotic | 123 (90.4) | 102 (85.7) |  > 1 |
Greer et al. [27] | 150 (38.5) | STAR Database | 150 (100)—all VATS | 170 (70.83)—all VATS | 145 (96.7) | 235 (97.9) | Mean = 3.9 |
Linden et al. [16] | 1821 (3.9) | STS-GTSD | 1669 (91.7) | 30,229 (67.9) | 1821 (100) | 44,504 (100) | Range = 2–9 |
Mahenthiran et al. [21] | 1130 (7.8) | ACS-NSQIP | 1130 (100)—all VATS | 13,288 (100)—all VATS | 971 (85.9) | 12,195 (91.8) | Range = 2–29 |
Patel et al. [18] | 854 (3.8) PSM: 788 (50) | ACS-NSQIP | 770 (90.2) | 10,617 (66.1) | 854 (100) | 16,604 (100) | Range = 2–20 +  |
Towe et al. [22] | 448 (42.2) | Institutional | 446 (99.6) | 580 (94.6) | 89 (19.9) | 144 (23.5) | Range = 2–7 |
Tran et al. [28] | 13,834 (16.4) | Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD) | 13,156 (95.1) | 50,066 (71.2) | 7664 (55.4) | 46,480 (66.1) | Range = 2–5 |