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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) segmentectomy for small peripheral lung cancer tumors: intermediate results

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Abstract

Background

We investigated the feasibility and suitability of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) segmentectomy for curing selected non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with this less invasive technique.

Methods

We performed VATS segmentectomy for small (<20 mm) peripherally located tumors and pathologically confirmed lobar lymph node–negative disease by frozen-section examination during surgery. Of the 34 patients who underwent this limited resection, 22 were treated with complete hilar and mediastinal lymph node dissection (intentional group), whereas 12 patients who were deemed to be high risk in their toleration for lobectomy underwent VATS segmentectomy with incomplete hilar and mediastinal lymph node dissection (compromised group). The surgical and clinical parameters were evaluated and compared with those of segmentectomy under standard thoracotomy to evaluate the technical feasibility of VATS segmentectomy.

Results

We found that VATS segmentectomy could be performed safely with a nil mortality rate and acceptably low morbidity. The mean period of observation was relatively short at 656.7 ± 572.1 and 783.4 ± 535.8 days in the intentional and compromised groups, respectively. At the time of writing, all intentional patients remain alive and free of recurrence. There were two cases of non–cancer-related death in the compromised group. Clinical data indicated that VATS segmentectomy caused the same number or fewer surgical insults compared with segmentectomy under standard thoracotomy.

Conclusions

The present results are intermediate only; the rate of long-term survival and the advantages of the less invasive procedure still need further investigation. Nevertheless, we believe that VATS segmentectomy with complete lymph node dissection is a reasonable treatment option for selected patients with small peripheral NSCLC.

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  1. Second Department of Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan

    T. Shiraishi, T. Shirakusa, A. Iwasaki, M. Hiratsuka, S. Yamamoto & K. Kawahara

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Shiraishi, T., Shirakusa, T., Iwasaki, A. et al. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) segmentectomy for small peripheral lung cancer tumors: intermediate results. Surg Endosc 18, 1657–1662 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-003-9269-4

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