Selected Articles on VATS Lobectomy

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Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy. Experience with 1100 cases. McKenna, RJ Jr., Houck W, Fuller CB, Ann Thoracic Surg 2006 Feb;81:421-426.

New approaches to the minimally invasive treatment of lung cancer. McKenna, RJ Jr., Houck WV, Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine 2005 Jul; 11(4):282-6.

VATS Lobectomy on Octagenarians. McVay C, Houck WV, Fuller CB, McKenna RJ Jr., American Surgeon 2005 Sept; 71(9):791-3.

Thoracoscopic evaluation and treatment of pulmonary disease. McKenna RJ Jr., Surg Clin North Am 2000 Oct;80(5):1543-1553.

VATS lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node sampling or dissection., McKenna R Jr., Chest Surg Clin N Am 1995 May; 5(2): 223-232.

Minimally invasive surgery for pulmonary and esophageal tumors. McKenna RJ Jr., Semin Surg Oncol 1994 Nov; 10(6): 411-416.

Is lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery an adequate cancer operation? McKenna RJ Jr., Wolf RK, Brenner M, Fischel RJ, Wurnig P., Ann Thorac Surg 1998 Dec; 66 (6):1903-1908.

Video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung volume reduction surgery. Fischel RJ, McKenna RJ Jr., Chest Surg Clin N Am 1998 Nov; 8(4):789-807.

The current status of video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy. McKenna RJ Jr., Chest Surg Clin N Am 1998 Nov;8(4):775-785.

Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy for bronchogenic carcinoma. McKenna RJ Jr., Fischel RJ, Wolf R, Wurnig P., Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 Oct;10(4):321-325.

VATS resection of a mediastinal neurogenic dumbbell tumor. McKenna RJ Jr., Maline D, Pratt G., Surg Laparosc Endosc 1995 Dec; 5(6):480-482.

Lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery with mediastinal node sampling for lung cancer, McKenna RJ Jr., J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 Mar;107(3):879-881.