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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994;107:879-882
© 1994 Mosby, Inc.

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY

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

Los Angeles, Calif.

From the Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif.

Address for reprints: Robert J. McKenna, Jr., MD, 1245 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 6060, Los Angeles, CA 90017-4807.

Abstract

This 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. (J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG 1994;107:879-82)

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