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This study aims to compare the safety and efficacy of NIVATS vs. intubated VATS (IVATS) in thoracic surgery.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Relevant literature published up to October 2024 was collected from the Cochrane, PubMed, and Embase databases based on predefined inclusion criteria. Two reviewers independently screened these studies and extracted the pertinent data. After assessing the quality of the included studies, a meta-analysis was performed using Review Manager 5.3. Fixed-effects or random-effects models were utilized to synthesize the combined data.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Compared with IVATS, NIVATS demonstrated shorter operative time [weighted mean difference (WMD)\u2009=\u2009\u221223.33\u2005min; 95% confidence interval (CI), \u221233.62 to \u221213.04; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.01], reduced anesthesia time (WMD\u2009=\u2009\u221229.10\u2005min; 95% CI, \u221248.16 to \u221210.04; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.01), shorter length of hospital stay (WMD\u2009=\u2009\u22120.46 days; 95% CI, \u22120.82 to \u22120.10; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.01), and decreased chest tube drainage duration (WMD\u2009=\u2009\u22120.40 days; 95% CI, \u22120.71 to \u22120.09; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.01). However, regarding the incidence of postoperative complications, contrary to previous meta-analyses, the NIVATS group exhibited a higher rate of postoperative complications (odds ratio\u2009=\u20091.87; 95% CI, 1.17\u20132.98; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.008). No significant differences were observed between the groups in terms of intraoperative bleeding, the number of lymph nodes harvested, the number of N1 lymph nodes, the number of N2 lymph nodes, or postoperative length of hospital stay.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Although there were no significant differences between the two anesthesia methods concerning postoperative length of hospital stay, lymph node dissection, or intraoperative bleeding, NIVATS significantly reduced operative time, anesthesia time, length of hospital stay, and chest tube drainage duration. For highly selected patients, NIVATS may offer additional advantages. 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