Clinical feasibility and surgical benefits of video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy in the treatment of resectable lung cancer

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1483-1486

  Yoo, Dong Gon ^a   Kim, Yong Hee ^a   Kim, Dong Kwan ^a   Kim, Hyeong Ryul ^a   Park, Seung il ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Lymphadenectomy; Mediastinoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82655182058     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.03.029     Document Type: Article

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