Alternative paratracheal lymph node dissection in left-sided hilar lung cancer patients: Comparing the number of lymph nodes dissected to the number of lymph nodes dissected in right-sided mediastinal dissections

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 974-980

  Toker, Alper ^a   Tanju, Serhan ^a   Ziyade, Sedat ^a   Kaya, Serkan ^a   Erus, Suat ^a   Ozkan, Berker ^a   Yilmazbayhan, Dilek ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Left thoracotomy; Lung cancer; Mediastinal dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG HILUS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955591498     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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