Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and nonrandomized trials on safety and efficacy of video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer
Yan TD, Black D, Bannon PG, McCaughan BC J. Clin. Oncol. 2009 May;27(15):2553-62 PMID: 19289625 Abstract PURPOSE: The current randomized trials comparing video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy with open lobectomy for patients with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have been of small size. We performed the present meta-analysis of the randomized and nonrandomized comparative studies…