Abstract:Introduction. There is still ongoing discussion about superiority of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery or VATS approach for performing lobectomy over conventional pulmonary lobectomy performed by open thoracotomy for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer at an early stage.
Aim of the study. This encouraged us to conduct a prospective study for evaluation and comparison of the systemic inflammatory response by using these two approaches.
Materials and methods. We have conducted a prospective … Show more
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