Futile lobectomies following video-thoracoscopic exploration for indeterminate pulmonary nodules: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung cancer screening is correlated with an increase in detection of small indeterminate pulmonary nodules and these nodules often require operative resection to obtain the diagnosis. In suspected early-stage lung cancer, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has become the preferred option. In this context of minimally invasive surgery, diagnostic wedge resection is sometimes difficult to perform for small deep impalpable nodules. So, our purpose was to determine whether performing VATS for indeterminate pulmonary nodule increases the risk of lobectomy for benign lesions.

Methods

A retrospective analysis was carried out in our center from January 2013 to January 2019 on patients who underwent resection for a solitary pulmonary nodule suspicious for cancer.

SUBMITTER: Drevet G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9442522 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature