Internal medicine

Cardiothoracic surgery

Retrospective cohort study

Propensity score matching

Thoracotomy

Surgery

Univariate analysis

Lung

Pneumonectomy

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Multivariate analysis

Medicine

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Intraoperative conversion to thoracotomy from video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is a major concern and can be associated with increased adverse outcomes. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify any possible clinical risk factors and related outcomes.

Risk Factors and Impact of Conversion to Thoracotomy From 20,565 Cases of Thoracoscopic Lung Surgery