title: The value of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: follow the money!
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA sjswanson@partners.org.
authors.forename: Scott J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Swanson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013908:Thoracotomy
keywords: Finances; Hospital costs; Practice evaluation; Risk model; VATS lobectomy