Long-term survival following thoracoscopic versus open lobectomy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer

It was always an aphorism and advise not to change a winning horse. But who looks in depth in history will realize that no horse is winning forever and that every time frame has its own winners as there is no place for the myth of winning all the time. Thoracic surgery is a role model in changing the winning horse several times during the last 2 decades.