Is lobe-specific lymph node dissection appropriate in lung cancer patients undergoing routine mediastinoscopy?

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-119

  Turna, Akif ^a   Solak, O ^a   Kilicgun, A ^a   Metin, M ^a   Sayar, A ^a   Gurses A ^a  

^a Yedikule Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lymph node dissection; Lymph node metastasis; Mediastinoscopy; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LOBE; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 34547783276     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924626     Document Type: Article

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