title: Complete video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy of the left lower lobe and lung lymph node dissection.
abstract: We describe herein a case of complete video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy of the left lower lobe and lung lymph node dissection. The patient was a 67-year-old man. A physical examination revealed a nodule in the left lower lobe that had been present for 7 years. According to the chest computed tomography (CT) report recently, a diagnosis of lung cancer was not excluded. Due to the surgical indications, he was underwent complete video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy of the left lower lobe and lung lymph node dissection. The frozen pathology report was consistent with adenocarcinoma. He recovered smoothly, without any perioperative complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hainan People's Hospital, Haikou 570311, China.
authors.forename: Fengxia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hainan People's Hospital, Haikou 570311, China.
authors.forename: Xianshan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hainan People's Hospital, Haikou 570311, China.
authors.forename: Xiuming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
keywords: Lung cancer; complete video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy; minimally invasive thoracic surgery