title: Node dissection for solitary interlobar node metastasis from renal cell carcinoma by VATS.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Hisayoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohsawa
authors.forename: Takuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Obama
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mawatari
authors.forename: Tomio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: 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*