Assessment of node dissection for clinical stage I primary lung cancer by VATS☆
Author(s) -
Atsushi Watanabe,
Tetsuya Koyanagi,
Takuro Obama,
Hisayoshi Ohsawa,
Tohru Mawatari,
Noriyuki Takahashi,
Y Ichimiya,
Tomio Abe
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.02.007
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracotomy , chylothorax , dissection (medical) , surgery , lung cancer , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , stage (stratigraphy) , pleural effusion , cardiothoracic surgery , vats lobectomy , pneumonectomy , paleontology , biology
The feasibility of systematic node dissection (SND) for stage I primary lung cancer by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) remains controversial. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of SND by VATS.
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