• J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Mar 1994

    Lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery with mediastinal node sampling for lung cancer.

    • R J McKenna.
    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles.
    • J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 1994 Mar 1;107(3):879-81; discussion 881-2.

    AbstractThis study was undertaken to determine whether a complete lung cancer operation can be done by video-assisted thoracic surgery and to evaluate the postoperative course. Forty-five patients (44 to 82 years of age) with clinical stage 1 lung cancer underwent video-assisted thoracic surgery for lobectomy or pneumonectomy with mediastinal lymph node sampling or dissection. There were no deaths or major complications. The median hospital length of stay was 4 days. Six patients stayed in the hospital for more than 7 days for pneumonia (n = 1), air leak (n = 3), or serous drainage (n = 2). Five of the seven patients who were 80 to 82 years of age were discharged by the fourth postoperative day.

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