title: [Effect of VATS wedge resection and mediastinal lymph node sampling in elderly patients with early peripheral lung cancer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The treatment for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer is primarily surgical. However, the optimal extent of mediastinal lymph node resection remains to be determined. The aim of the current study is to investigate the effect of a pulmonary wedge resection on aged patients with lung cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 15 lung cancer patients aged over 70 years were treated via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) wedge resection and mediastinal lymph node sampling from June 2004 to February 2008. Mediastinal lymph node sampling included stations 2R, 4R, 8 and 9 for the right-sided cancers and stations 5, 6, 8 and 9 for the left-sided cancers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  VATS wedge resection and mediastinal lymph node sampling for aged patients with peripheral lung cancer are minimally invasive treatments with a short operative time and low postoperative morbidity. The 1-year and 3-year survival rates were 100% and 86.6%, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  VATS wedge resection and mediastinal lymph node sampling can be an alternative treatment for aged patients with early peripheral lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yiwu Hospitol of Wenzhou Medical College, Yiwu 322000, China. lwhzjyw@126.com
authors.forename: Weihua
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.forename: Xiaohong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.forename: Xinqing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Guan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted