%0 Journal Article %T Thoracotomy versus VATS: short term outcomes from a large randomized controlled trial %A Cagini, Lucio %A Ceccarelli, Silvia %A Tassi, Valentina %A Vannucci, Jacopo %A Puma, Francesco %J Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery %D 2018 %B 2018 %9 %! Thoracotomy versus VATS: short term outcomes from a large randomized controlled trial %K %X In the February 2018 issue of Annals of Thoracic Surgery, the results of the “Thoracoscopic Surgery Versus Thoracotomy For Lung Cancer: Short Term Outcomes Of A Randomized Trial” by Hao Long et al . were published (1). The aim of this non-inferiority, phase 3, multicenter randomized controlled trial both for short-term and oncologic outcome, was “to confirm that VATS lobectomy is non-inferior to open surgery for the treatment of early-stage NSCLC”. The results of this study merit the attention of thoracic surgeons for several reasons. %U https://vats.amegroups.org/article/view/4514 %V 3 %P %@ 2519-0792