The concept of broad exposure facilitates uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic mediastinal lymph nodes dissection

Abstract Background Systematic lymph node dissection is an important part of radical resection for lung cancer. Insufficient incision of the mediastinal pleura results in a tapered or tunnel-like operation surface, which increases the difficulty of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic mediastinal...

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Main Authors: Wei Wang, Sunyin Rao, Mingsheng Ma, Yunchao Huang, Guangqiang Zhao, Xin Cui, Qinling Sun, Lianhua Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01519-6