Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery and Minimal Access Spinal Surgery Compared in Anterior Thoracic or Thoracolumbar Junctional Spinal Reconstruction: A Case-Control Study and Review of the Literature

Table 1

MIS for anterior T and TLJ spinal reconstruction in 187 patients at our Institution.

	VATS	MASS	value
Number of patients	111	76
Male/female	68/43	39/37	0.177
Mean age (year)	57.1 ± 14.5	60.4 ± 14.8	0.133
Number of pathologic regions			0.085
T	59 (53)	50 (66)
TLJ	52 (47)	26 (34)
Number of pathologic types			0.253
Fracture	25 (23)	9 (12)
Infectious spondylitis	31 (28)	24 (32)
Spinal malignancy	49 (44)	36 (47)
Disc herniation or degeneration	6 (5)	7 (9)
Perioperative data
Operating (mins)	224.5 ± 68.6	183.5 ± 33.2
Estimated blood (ml)	916.0 ± 660.3	933.8 ± 847.6	0.879
Conversion to standard thoracotomy	8 (7)	0
Need for postoperative ICU care	9 (8)	4 (5)	0.565

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or number (%). .
Patients undergoing conversion thoracotomy were not included.
MIS: minimally invasive surgery; VATS: video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; MASS: minimal access spinal surgery; T: thoracic; TLJ: thoracolumbar junction; ICU: intensive care unit.