Clinical feasibility and surgical benefits of video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy in the treatment of resectable lung cancer

Abstract

Video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy is a clinically feasible procedure with acceptable complication rate and provides more accurate staging of mediastinal node in lung cancer patients. It may be also an excellent supplementary technique used for complete mediastinal node dissection at minimal invasive surgery for cancer resection, especially with left-sided video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy.