Comparison of clinical outcomes for patients with clinical N0 and pathologic N2 non-small cell lung cancer after thoracoscopic lobectomy and open lobectomy: A retrospective analysis of 76 patients

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 431-435

  Li, Yun ^a   Wang, Jung ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

major pulmonary resection; mediastinal lymph node; thoracotomy, non small cell lung cancer; video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865127961     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.23104     Document Type: Article

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