title: Thoracoscopic and robotic dissection of mediastinal lymph nodes.
abstract: Understanding the anatomy of the lymphatic channels and lymph nodes in the mediastinum is relevant to many disease processes as well as therapeutic interventions for thoracic malignancies. A brief review of the anatomy of the mediastinal lymph nodes is presented and the indications for mediastinal lymph node dissection are discussed, followed by a more detailed description of the technical aspects of thoracoscopic and robotic mediastinal lymph node dissection.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 703 19th Street South, 716 ZRB, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
authors.forename: Douglas J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Minnich
authors.forename: Ayesha S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Cerfolio
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008488:Medical Illustration; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods