Cancers
Rethinking Age Limits for Robotic Lung Cancer Resection: Contemporary Short-Term Outcomes in Octogenarians
By Neelesh Bagrodia, Dhiaeddine Djabri, Tony Boualoy and 5 others.
Abstract
Objective
We sought to assess the outcomes of octogenarians compared to a reference group of younger patients undergoing robotic anatomic lung resection for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to better understand the postoperative expectations of this elderly patient population.
Methods
A prospectively maintained Institutional General Thoracic Surgery Database was queried for patients aged 80 years and above (octogenarians) and 65–75 years (reference group) undergoing robotic lobectomy or segmentectomy for NSCLC between 2015 and 2026. Clinical data and postoperative outcomes were collected and compared using both unadjusted and 1:1 propensity-score matching.
