Marital status shows no protective effect on perioperative outcomes after robotic-assisted pulmonary lobectomy

• DOI: 10.1016/j.sipas.2024.100250
• Publication Date: 2024-04-26T21:29:51Z
• Authors: Jenna C. Marek; Allison O. Dumitr...; William J. West; Emily E. Weeden; Ajay Varadhan; Jessica Cobb; Sarah Cool; Gregory Fishberger; Collin B. Chase; Maykel Dolorit; Harrison E. Strang; Carla C. Moodie; Joseph R. Garrett; Jenna R. Tew; Jobelle Joyce-Ann...; Jacques P. Fontaine; Eric M. Toloza
• Keywords: Spouse; Marital status

Marital status has been shown to have protective effects for married patients with various cancers. We sought determine of marital on perioperative outcomes after robotic-assisted pulmonary lobectomy (RAPL). retrospectively analyzed 709 consecutive who underwent RAPL between 2010 and 2022 by one surgeon. Patients were stratified at time surgery. The Married group included married, domestically partnered, co-habitating (N=473). Unmarried never divorced, widowed individuals (N=236). Demographics, preoperative comorbidities, intraoperative postoperative complications, estimated blood loss (EBL), chest tube duration, hospital length stay (LOS), tumor characteristics, survival data utilizing Student's t-test, Wilcoxon rank-sum test, Chi-square, or Fisher's exact test as appropriate, significance p≤0.05. more likely be female, while experience robotic-associated complications greater loss. Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed no difference in 5-year overall based status. Other outcomes, (except robotic-associated), demographic history gender), comorbidities did not significantly differ the two groups. This study challenges existing reports literature that marriage confers cancer treatment advantage prolonged among patients. Social support, terms a spouse domestic partner, may less early-stage lung minimally invasive compared other populations.