This is a fabulous paper comparing VATS versus open lobectomy. The 5 year survival is the same, the hospital stay is 2 days less and the in hospital mortality is slightly lower
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VATS versus Open Lobectomy in 6000 patients in the Medicare database.
Submitted by: Joel Dunning
Source: BMJ
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Author(s): Subroto Paul,, Abby J Isaacs, Tom Treasure,
Nasser K Altork, Art Sedrakyan

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Excellent paper. Highlighting the role of well-controlled registries . Can I get a PDF of this paper marekjasinski@yahoo.pl