CAO Wei 1,2,3 , LI Haochi 1,2,3 , YANG Kai 2,3 , WANG Qi 2,3 , ZUO Zhuang 2,3 , GOU Yunjiu 2,3
  • 1. First Clinical Medical School, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China;
  • 2. Chest Clinic Center, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China;
  • 3. First Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China;
GOU Yunjiu, Email: gouyunjiu@163.com
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Objective  To systematically evaluate the therapeutic effects of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) in treating mediastinal tumors. Methods  A computer search was conducted on PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Wanfang, CNKI, CBM, VIP databases for literature comparing the clinical efficacy of VATS and RATS in treating mediastinal tumors, with the search time from inception to March 31, 2024. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used to evaluate the quality of the included cohort studies, and Review Manager 5.4 software was used to perform a meta-analysis. Results  A total of 32 articles were included, with 7868 patients. The NOS scores of the included cohort studies were all≥7 points. Meta-analysis results showed that compared with the VATS group, the RATS group had less intraoperative blood loss [MD=?16.71, 95%CI (?23.88, ?9.54), P<0.001], lower conversion rate to open thoracotomy [OR=0.41, 95%CI (0.26, 0.67), P=0.003], lower overall postoperative complication rate [OR=0.66, 95%CI (0.48, 0.92), P=0.01], shorter postoperative drainage time [MD=?0.64, 95%CI (?0.92, ?0.36), P<0.001], and shorter postoperative hospital stay [MD=?1.03, 95%CI (?1.28, ?0.78), P<0.001]. There was no statistical difference between the two groups in terms of tumor size [MD=?0.06, 95%CI (?0.31, 0.19), P=0.64] or operation time [MD=5.52, 95%CI (?2.35, 13.40), P=0.17]. The RATS group had higher hospitalization costs than the VATS group [MD=1.69, 95%CI (1.26, 2.13), P<0.001]. Conclusion  In mediastinal tumors resection, RATS is superior to VATS in terms of intraoperative blood loss, conversion rate to open thoracotomy, overall postoperative complication rate, postoperative drainage time, and postoperative hospital stay, but it increases hospitalization costs.

Citation: CAO Wei, LI Haochi, YANG Kai, WANG Qi, ZUO Zhuang, GOU Yunjiu. Clinical efficacy of robot versus video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for the treatment of mediastinal tumor: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2026, 33(5): 799-806. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.202405061 Copy

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