The differences in quality of life between open thoracotomy and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS): a literature review

• Main Authors: M Hanafie Heluth, -, Dhihintia Jiwangga Suta Winarno, -, Yan Efrata Sembiring, Yan
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; Indonesian; English
• Published: Sanglah General Hospital
• Subjects: R5-920 Medicine (General)
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/133146/1/4%20artikel.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/133146/2/karil%2004.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/133146/3/4%20turnitin.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/133146/; https://www.balimedicaljournal.org/index.php/bmj/article/view/5008; https://doi.org/10.15562/bmj.v13i2.5008
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Abstract Introduction:Thoracotomy is considered one of the most common surgical procedures related to pain. Patients may consider postoperative complications (such as pain) in the hospital as an acceptable risk, but patients are not ready to accept long-term disability that can affect the patient’s daily life.Methods:This article was conducted by analysis and synthesis from various references. The author uses “video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery-VATS” AND “Open Thoracotomy” AND “Quality of Life” as keywords to explore the literature from PubMed, Google Scholar, ProQuest, and Clinical Key. The related papers published in the last fifteen years were included and non-full-text papers were excluded. These papers were analyzed subsequently to answer the aim of this study.Results:We obtained a total of four articles that met our review criteria. Up to six journals were extracted from PubMed, Google Scholar, ProQuest, and Clinical Key. According to our review method considerations, many articles excluded by the year of publication criteria are out of date.Conclusions:Most studies still show VATS’s superiority over thoracotomy. There is a difference in the quality-of-life scores of patients after VATS compared to thoracotomy. VATS shows an improvement in quality of life after the procedure. VATS revealed significantly better results in physical function, physical role, bodily pain, and general health than open thoracotomy