Open AccessThe clinical value of a new method of functional lymph node dissection in video-assisted thoracic surgery right non-small cell lung cancer radical resection
Author(s) -
Sui Chen,
Shenyang Huang,
Shaobin Yu,
Ziyang Han,
Lei Gao,
Zhimin Shen,
Mei Kang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.01.15
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph node , dissection (medical) , lung cancer , cardiothoracic surgery , radical surgery , lung , radiology , surgery , cancer , pathology
To evaluate the safety, thoroughness and feasibility of "tunnel-type en bloc mediastinal lymph node dissection" in video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for right non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) radical resection, which functionally dissected the lymph nodes of station 2R/4R/7.