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This chapter will describe the indications for segmentectomy, a comparison of morbidity/mortality for segmentectomy and lobectomy, and discuss the issue of open versus minimally invasive operations. Segmentectomy is a true anatomic operation that should include lymphadenectomy in cancer cases. It is not a non-anatomic wedge resection.

The corresponding author of section 5.1 is Robert J. McKenna Jr., Email: robert.mckenna@providence.org (*);

The corresponding author of section 5.2 is Rodney J. Landreneau, Email: rlandren@wpahs.org (*);

The corresponding author of section 5.3 is Hiran C. Fernando, Email: hiran.fernando@bmc.org (*);

The corresponding author of section 5.4 is Brian E. Louie, Email: brian.louie@swedish.org (*);

The corresponding author of section 5.5 is Michael S. Kent, Email: mkent@bidmc.harvard.edu (*);

The corresponding author of section 5.6 is Robert J. McKenna Jr., Email: robert.mckenna@cshs.org (*);

The corresponding author of section 5.7 is Erkan Kaba, Email: erkankaba@hotmail.com (*);

The corresponding author of section 5.8 is Mark F. Berry, Email: berry037@stanford.edu (*)

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McKenna, R.J. et al. (2017). Segmentectomy. In: Wang, J., K. Ferguson, M. (eds) Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Lung and Esophageal Cancer. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0835-5_5

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