A prospective trial of systematic nodal dissection for lung cancer by video-assisted thoracic surgery: can it be perfect?

Lymph node mapping and curability at various levels of metastasis in resected lung cancer

Tsuguo Naruke, Keiichi Suemasu, Shichiro Ishikawa · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 1978 · 786 citations

Surgical Oncology, Various Levels, Resected Lung Cancer +9

Postoperative pain-related morbidity: Video-assisted thoracic surgery versus thoracotomy

Rodney J. Landreneau, Stephen R. Hazelrigg, Michael J. Mack et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1993 · 607 citations · Full text

Pain Medicine, Postoperative Pain Management, Postoperative Pain-related Morbidity +7

Results of Resection in Non-Oat Cell Carcinoma of the Lung with Mediastinal Lymph Node Metastases

Nael Martini, Betty J. Flehinger, Muhammad Zaman et al. · Annals of Surgery · 1983 · 378 citations · Full text

Surgical Oncology, Ajc Staging System, Pathology +16

VATS lobectomy reduces cytokine responses compared with conventional surgery

Anthony P.C. Yim, Song Wan, Tak Wai Lee et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 2000 · 359 citations

Cytokine, Conventional Surgery, Minimally Invasive Procedure +6

Is lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery an adequate cancer operation?

Robert J. McKenna, Randall K. Wolf, Matthew Brenner et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1998 · 194 citations

Surgical Oncology, Medicine, Adequate Cancer Operation +8