Combined videothoracoscopic and videomediastinoscopic approach improves radicality of minimally invasive mediastinal lymphadenectomy for early stage lung carcinoma

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 343-347

  Witte, Biruta ^a   Messerschmidt, Antje ^a   Hillebrand, Hubertus ^a   Groß, Stefan ^a   Wolf, Michael ^a   Kriegel, Elke ^a   Neumeister, Wolfgang ^a   Hürtgen, Martin ^a  

^a Katholisches Klinikum Koblenz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lung carcinoma; Lymphadenectomy; Mediastinoscopy; Mediastinum; Minimally invasive surgery; VAMLA; VATS lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 58349084692     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.09.044     Document Type: Article

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