Preservation vs. dissection of inferior pulmonary ligament for thoracoscopic upper lobectomy: a prospective randomized controlled trial.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study has been registered on the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04120155). This study was approved by the ethics committees/institution review boards of three institutions (Fujian Medical Union Hospital, Fuqing City Hospital, and Sanming Second Hospital). All participants provided written informed consent. This study followed the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) reporting guideline for randomized clinical trials. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This work was supported by the Medical Innovation Project of Fujian Province(2020CXA023), and the University-Industry-Academia Cooperation Program(2022Y4014)."

"Declarations: Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study has been registered on the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04120155). This study was approved by the ethics committees/institution review boards of three institutions (Fujian Medical Union Hospital, Fuqing City Hospital, and Sanming Second Hospital). All participants provided written informed consent. This study followed the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) reporting guideline for randomized clinical trials.: Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study has been registered on the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04120155). This study was approved by the ethics committees/institution review boards of three institutions (Fujian Medical Union Hospital, Fuqing City Hospital, and Sanming Second Hospital). All participants provided written informed consent. This study followed the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) reporting guideline for randomized clinical trials."