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Left lower apical segmentectomy after video-assisted left upper lobectomy for relapse in lung cancer: benefit to avoid completion pneumonectomy

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Segmental resection is a useful procedure to preserve respiratory function. We report a case of lower apical segmentectomy for relapse after initial video-assisted left upper lobectomy to avoid completion pneumonectomy. After 4 years of follow-up, the patient is doing well with no evidence of disease.

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  1. Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan

    Hisashi Iwata, Koyo Shirahashi, Yoshimasa Mizuno, Masafumi Matsui, Hirotaka Yamamoto & Hirofumi Takemura

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Iwata, H., Shirahashi, K., Mizuno, Y. et al. Left lower apical segmentectomy after video-assisted left upper lobectomy for relapse in lung cancer: benefit to avoid completion pneumonectomy. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 61, 359–361 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-012-0135-y

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