Comparison of different approaches in complete thoracoscopic segmentectomy of lung lower lobe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Safe and oncologically acceptable segmentectomy outcomes were reported for early-stage lung cancer. The high-resolution computed tomography allowed us to find detailed structures inside the lungs, such as the pulmonary ligaments (PLs). Hence, we have presented the relatively anatomically challenging thoracoscopic segmentectomy, for the resection of the lateral basal segment, the posterior basal segment, and both segments through the PL as a PL approach. This study aimed to retrospectively examine the lung lower lobe segmentectomy, excluding the superior and basal segments (from S7 to S10), using the PL approach as an option to treat the lower lobe tumors of the lung. We then compared the efficacy of the PL approach in terms of safety with the interlobar fissure (IF) appr

SUBMITTER: Mitsuboshi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10323560 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature