Systematic node dissection by VATS is not inferior to that through an open thoracotomy: a comparative clinicopathologic retrospective study.

[1]  R. Mckenna.  Vats lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node sampling or dissection. , 1995, Chest surgery clinics of North America.

[2]  S. Adak,et al.  Mediastinal lymph node dissection improves survival in patients with stages II and IIIa non-small cell lung cancer , 2000 .

[3]  T. Naruke,et al.  Lymph node mapping and curability at various levels of metastasis in resected lung cancer. , 1978, The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.

[4]  S. Yamamoto,et al.  Lobectomy with extended lymph node dissection by video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung cancer , 1997, Surgical Endoscopy.

[5]  Bonny R. Hart,et al.  Prognostic significance of N1 disease in carcinoma of the lung. , 1983, The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.

[6]  T. Naruke.  Significance of lymph node metastases in lung cancer. , 1993, Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.

[7]  L V Rubinstein,et al.  Randomized trial of lobectomy versus limited resection for T1 N0 non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer Study Group. , 1995, The Annals of thoracic surgery.

[8]  A. Sakurada,et al.  A prospective trial of systematic nodal dissection for lung cancer by video-assisted thoracic surgery: can it be perfect? , 2002, The Annals of thoracic surgery.

[9]  R. Mckenna,et al.  Is lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery an adequate cancer operation? , 1998, The Annals of thoracic surgery.

[10]  K. Esato,et al.  Systematic Lymph Node Dissection for Clinically Diagnosed Peripheral Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Less Than 2 cm in Diameter , 1998, World Journal of Surgery.