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The role of lymph node dissection is discussed since Borrie, Nohl-Oser, and Cahan first described the intrapulmonary lymphatic anatomy with its interconnecting network and the radical mediastinal lymphadenectomy in the resection of lung cancer in the 1950s [1, 2]. It is still a debate on basic principles whether lymphadenectomy is a part of radical surgery or a just a staging procedure.
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Friedel, G., Veit, S., Kyriss, T. (2012). Video-Assisted Thoracic Lymphadenectomy. In: Inderbitzi, R., Schmid, R., Melfi, F., Casula, R. (eds) Minimally Invasive Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11861-6_23
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