TY - JOUR AU - Eklund, Anton AU - Sartipy, Ulrik PY - 2019 TI - Initial results from a randomized trial in video-assisted versus open thoracic surgery JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 11, Supplement 9 (May 28, 2019): Journal of Thoracic Disease Y2 - 2019 KW - N2 - In a recent study, Long et al . (1) reported the short-term perioperative outcomes of a Chinese multicenter randomized controlled trial. The trial was designed to compare clinically relevant outcomes after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) or open lobectomy in the treatment of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The authors are to be congratulated for taking on the hard and difficult task of performing a randomized clinical trial in this field (2). UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/28414