Node dissection for solitary interlobar node metastasis from renal cell carcinoma by VATS.
We present an unusual case of a patient with a right pulmonary interlobar node metastasis from renal cell carcinoma following nephrectomy. She underwent interlobar node dissection (ND) by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Interlobar ND without lobectomy by VATS has not been reported until now in English literature. The retraction of the right intermediate bronchus is a useful technique during this procedure.
Watanabe
Atsushi
A
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan.
Ohsawa
Hisayoshi
H
Obama
Takuro
T
Mawatari
Tohru
T
Abe
Tomio
T
D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*