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Med.","JCM"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Background\/Objectives: Surgical access and one-lung ventilation (OLV) may generate distinct systemic and local inflammatory responses after lung resection. We compared perioperative cytokine profiles in serum, pleural fluid, and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and open thoracotomy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods: This prospective, single-center, non-randomized observational study included 40 adults undergoing anatomical lobectomy with mediastinal lymph-node dissection (VATS, n = 20; open thoracotomy, n = 20). Surgical access was selected according to patient preference. TNF-\u03b1, IL-6, IL-8, and IL-10 were measured in serial serum and pleural-fluid samples and in BAL from both lungs before OLV and after resection. Results: Serum and pleural-fluid cytokines peaked at 4 h in both groups. Exploratory pointwise comparisons showed that at 24 h, serum TNF-\u03b1 (4.89 [IQR, 4.43\u20135.92] vs. 4.01 [IQR, 3.75\u20135.12] pg\/mL; p = 0.010), IL-6 (150.22 [IQR, 136.90\u2013194.66] vs. 108.00 [IQR, 100.46\u2013125.88] pg\/mL; p &lt; 0.001), and IL-8 (66.83 [IQR, 57.70\u201382.82] vs. 43.62 [IQR, 32.89\u201350.59] pg\/mL; p = 0.001) were higher after thoracotomy than after VATS; differences at 48 h persisted for TNF-\u03b1 (2.48 [IQR, 1.86\u20133.04] vs. 1.99 [IQR, 1.19\u20132.23] pg\/mL; p = 0.010) and IL-8 (16.92 [IQR, 15.09\u201323.99] vs. 7.42 [IQR, 6.44\u201311.30] pg\/mL; p &lt; 0.001). Pleural-fluid IL-6 at 24 h and IL-8 at 48 h were also higher after thoracotomy, whereas BAL cytokines did not differ significantly by approach. Longitudinal GEE analyses showed significant approach-by-time interactions for serum TNF-\u03b1, IL-6, and IL-8 and for pleural-fluid IL-8, but not for pleural-fluid IL-6. Conclusions: VATS was associated with a lower systemic proinflammatory response than open thoracotomy, while differences in the pleural compartment were more limited and no detectable difference was observed in early alveolar cytokine responses. 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