title: Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery vs Muscle-Sparing Thoracotomy: Prioritizing Randomized Trial to Assess Complications and Long-Term Survival over Cost Comparisons: In Reply to Spartalis and colleagues.
authors.affiliation: Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Anne M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kuritzky
authors.affiliation: Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ng
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*