caa a22 4500 397495900 CHVBK 20180308164520.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199510 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1016/S1010-7940(05)80002-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1016/S1010-7940(05)80002-8 Thoracoscopic mediastinal lymph node dissection: an experimental study in pigs [Elektronische Daten] Thoracoscopic lobectomy is feasible and can be performed correctly interms of anatomy. Its application in bronchial carcinoma is oftencriticized, partly because of incomplete mediastinal lymph node dissection(MLD). We therefore developed the technique and studied the completeness ofMLD in an animal experiment. Ten pigs were anesthetized and intubated witha double-lumen tube and the left lung was excluded from ventilation. Fourtrocars were inserted. Using a modified endo- Babcock clamp for traction weresected all ipsilateral tracheobronchial, pretracheal and paratracheal andparaesophageal lymph nodes (LNs) as well as nodes in the aortopulmonarywindow. An average of 19 +/- 5 mediastinal LNs were removed. Macroscopiccontrol through a thoracotomy did not show any residual LNs at the site ofoperation. Complete resection of all ipsilateral LNs in the paratrachealand paraesophageal region as well as the aortopulmonary window can beperformed thoracoscopically in pigs. This may offer further perspectives inthe thoracoscopic treatment of bronchial carcinoma. © Springer-Verlag European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Elsevier Science B.V. 9/10(1995-10), 544-547 1010-7940 9:10<544 1995 9 ejcts https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(05)80002-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 abstract jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(05)80002-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Elsevier Science B.V 9/10(1995-10), 544-547 1010-7940 9:10<544 1995 9 ejcts Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford