1. Thoracoscopic lobectomy is associated with lower morbidity than open lobectomy: A propensity-matched analysis from the STS database 
Subroto Paul, MD, Nasser K. Altorki, MD, Shubin Sheng, PhD, Paul C. Lee, MD, David H. Harpole, MD, Mark W. Onaitis, MD, Brendon M. Stiles, MD, Jeffrey L. Port, MD, Thomas A. D'Amico, MD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 139, Issue 2, Pages (February 2010)
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2. Figure 1
Lobectomy by thoracotomy or thoracoscopy by year in Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) general thoracic database.
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