title: Closed three-port anatomic lobectomy with systematic nodal dissection for lung cancer.
abstract: Closed three-port anatomic lobectomy of the lung with systematic nodal dissection was performed in 5 patients with clinical stage IA lung cancer. For removal of the resected specimen, a new technique was developed to avoid making an additional skin incision. No complications or deaths occurred after the operation, and all patients were alive longer than 27 months without recurrence, including 5-year survivors.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa, 920-0861, Japan. odamak221@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsunezuka
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted