For early-stage lung cancer,the treatment is given priority to surgery.As a new approach of minimally invasive surgery,three-dimensional and high definition view,and better dexterity robotic platform and tremor filtering system are the main advantages of da vinci robot compared to video-assisted thoracic surgery.In recent years,the technique of robot surgery has become more and more mature and has already been used in the treatment for lung cancer.However,its safety and postoperative outcomes should be evaluated in detailed.As a consequence,the comparison of robotic,video-assisted thoracic surgery and thoracotomy surgery for lung cancer has become a hot spot in recent clinical research.