title: Left lower lobectomy and systematic lymph node dissection by complete video-assisted thoracic surgery.
abstract: A 50-year-old female was administered with left lower lobe lesion for 10 days. A preoperative chest computed tomography (CT) revealed a mass in the left basilar segment of the lung, about 2.1 cm × 1.7 cm in size. Therefore, video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) left lower lobectomy was performed. The operation takes 60 minutes. During the operation, the estimated blood loss was 15 mL. The patient was discharged on postoperative day (POD) 6 with no complications. And the pathological results confirmed the diagnosis of adenocarcinoma with no lymph nodes metastasis.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650051, China ; 2 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650032, China.
authors.forename: Jian-Lin
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650051, China ; 2 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650032, China.
authors.forename: Li-Hong
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650051, China ; 2 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650032, China.
authors.forename: Ding-Biao
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650051, China ; 2 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650032, China.
authors.forename: Shou-Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650051, China ; 2 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650032, China.
authors.forename: Yan-Fei
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650051, China ; 2 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650032, China.
authors.forename: Zhen-Hua
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: Lobectomy; lung cancer; mediastinal lymph node dissection; video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)