Nd-YAG laser-assisted pulmonary metastasectomy: initial experience from a tertiary care cancer center in India.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pulmonary metastasectomy is recommended for metastatic lung lesions when R0 resection is possible, the primary site is in controlled status, surgery is of low risk, and extrathoracic metastases are absent. We present the initial experiences of laser-assisted surgery (LAS) for pulmonary metastatic lesions from a tertiary care cancer center in India.

Materials

All patients undergoing non-anatomical pulmonary metastasectomy between September 2022 and January 2023 for synchronous and metachronous lesions, operated on by a single consultant thoracic oncosurgeon in a tertiary care center of India, were identified from a prospective database. Ten patients with 124 metastatic lesions were included in the study. A hybrid approach (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VA

SUBMITTER: Darlong L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11329464 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature