title: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy or open lobectomy for non-small-cell lung cancer? Minimizing selection bias in observational studies.
authors.affiliation: Service of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Lausanne University Medical Center (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland granada@d3.dion.ne.jp.
authors.forename: Kazumichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Ariake Hospital of JFCR, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Michitaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine/School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiaki A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Furukawa
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000401:mortality*
keywords: Non-small-cell lung cancer; Open lobectomy; Prospensity score matching; Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy