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Seventy-seven patients had the thoracic procedure performed via a 5-cm minithoracotomy and four ports (VATS group); the others were operated on by conventional posterolateral thoracotomy (open group).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The mean number of retrieved mediastinal nodes, blood loss and morbidity were similar in the VATS and open groups (33\u00b79 versus 32\u00b78 nodes, 284 versus 310 g, and 32 versus 38 per cent respectively). The thoracic procedure took longer in patients having VATS than in the control group (227 versus 186 min; P = 0\u00b7031). Vital capacity reduction was less with VATS than in the open group (15 versus 22 per cent; P = 0\u00b7016). 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