Assertion: posterolateral thoracotomy | /r/UsedFor | first year
Facets:
value: after surgery
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: VATS is associated with less postoperative pain and better quality of life than is anterolateral thoracotomy for the first year after surgery, suggesting that VATS should be the preferred surgical approach for lobectomy in stage I non-small-cell lung cancer.