Transition from a multiport technique to a single-port technique for lung cancer surgery: is lymph node dissection inferior using the single-port technique?
Author(s) -
ChiaChuan Liu,
ChihShiun Shih,
Nicolas Pennarun,
ChihTao Cheng
Publication year - 2015
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 - 10.1093/ejcts/ezv321
Subject(s) - port (circuit theory) , dissection (medical) , lung cancer , lymph node , medicine , node (physics) , lung cancer surgery , surgery , radiology , engineering , oncology , pathology , electronic engineering , structural engineering
The feasibility and radicalism of lymph node dissection for lung cancer surgery by a single-port technique has frequently been challenged. We performed a retrospective cohort study to investigate this issue.
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