title: Vats lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node sampling or dissection.
abstract: With a thoracoscope for visualization, a lobectomy with mediastinal node dissection can be accomplished with standard thoracotomy instruments through a 6-cm incision without spreading the ribs. This article describes the indications, contraindications, and technical details of this procedure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McKenna
mesh_terms: D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D020708:Thoracoscopes; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014741:Video Recording