VAMLA (Video assisted mediastinal lymphadenectomy) Gunda Leschber Department of Thoracic Surgery ELK Berlin Chest Hospital, Berlin, Germany
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VAMLA by Hürtgen Video-assisted mediastinal lymphadenectomy Dissection of all mediastinal structures: trachea, main bronchi, pulmonary artery, vena azygos, superior vena cava, esophagus Complete lymphadenectomy en bloc resection of LN 7, 10 R+L, 4 R+L, (LN 8) Hürtgen M et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002;21:348-51 Gunda.leschber@elk-berlin.de VAMLA AATS 25 april 2015
VAMLA - Indication Exact mediastinal staging (two-step-procedure: no frozen section in Germany, mediastinoscopy is an additional operation) „VAMLA will constitute a new reference standard for preresection staging of NSCLC“ * Prior to VATS lobectomy**/*** Complete removal of isolated mediastinal lymph node metastasis *Yendamuri S and Demmy TL. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012; 144: S14-7 **Leschber G et al. Eur J Cardiothoracic Surg 2003;24: 192-5 ***Yoo DG et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2011;40:1483-6 Gunda.leschber@elk-berlin.de VAMLA AATS 25 april 2015