RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

VATS & Minimally Invasive Surgery Research

Professor Chris Cao has published widely on video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and other minimally invasive approaches to thoracic surgery.

His research includes comparisons between VATS and open thoracotomy, uniportal and multiportal techniques, minimally invasive lobectomy and the outcomes associated with less invasive approaches to lung and thoracic surgery.

This collection brings together Professor Cao's published research relating to VATS, minimally invasive thoracic surgery and the development of surgical techniques designed to reduce the impact of major thoracic procedures.

Published Research

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy at 20 years: a consensus statement

TD Yan, C Cao, TA D'amico, TL Demmy, J He, H Hansen, SJ Swanson, ...
European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery 45 (4), 633-639, 2014
Citation count: 303
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Video-assisted thoracic surgery versus open thoracotomy for non-small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis of propensity score-matched patients

C Cao, C Manganas, SC Ang, S Peeceeyen, TD Yan
Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery 16 (3), 244-249, 2013
Citation count: 296
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A meta-analysis of unmatched and matched patients comparing video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy and conventional open lobectomy

C Cao, C Manganas, SC Ang, TD Yan
Annals of cardiothoracic surgery 1 (1), 16, 2012
Citation count: 171
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A meta-analysis of minimally invasive versus conventional mitral valve repair for patients with degenerative mitral disease

C Cao, S Gupta, D Chandrakumar, TA Nienaber, P Indraratna, SC Ang, ...
Annals of cardiothoracic surgery 2 (6), 693, 2013
Citation count: 149
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A systematic review and meta-analysis on pulmonary resections by robotic video-assisted thoracic surgery

C Cao, C Manganas, SC Ang, TD Yan
Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery 1 (1), 3, 2012
Citation count: 135
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Video-assisted thoracic surgery versus open thoracotomy for non-small-cell lung cancer: a propensity score analysis based on a multi-institutional registry

C Cao, ZH Zhu, TD Yan, Q Wang, G Jiang, L Liu, D Liu, Z Wang, W Shao, ...
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 44 (5), 849-854, 2013
Citation count: 114
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Systematic review of robotic minimally invasive mitral valve surgery

M Seco, C Cao, P Modi, PG Bannon, MK Wilson, MP Vallely, K Phan, ...
Annals of cardiothoracic surgery 2 (6), 704, 2013
Citation count: 63
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Impact of pulmonary function on pulmonary complications after robotic-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy

C Cao, BE Louie, F Melfi, G Veronesi, R Razzak, G Romano, P Novellis, ...
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 57 (2), 338-342, 2020
Citation count: 50
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Long-term outcome of hybrid surgical approach of video-assisted minithoracotomy sleeve lobectomy for non-small-cell lung cancer

J He, W Shao, C Cao, TD Yan, D Wang, X Xiong, W Yin, X Xu, J Huang
Surgical endoscopy 25 (8), 2509-2515, 2011
Citation count: 40
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European questionnaire on the clinical use of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

C Cao, AE Frick, I Ilonen, P McElnay, F Guerrera, DH Tian, E Lim, ...
Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery 27 (3), 379-383, 2018
Citation count: 36
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