SEGMENTAL pulmonary resection for bronchiectasis is based on the concept that it is most advantageous to conserve all healthy tissue and limit resection to the specific pulmonary segments destroyed by ...

Surgery may be underused in patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC), suggest the investigators of a recent study. 1 But when to operate? And what is the optimal surgical approach?

The literature regarding the application of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic segmental resection of the lung in patients aged over 65 years with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is sparse.

The operative modes for pulmonary parenchymal resection include pneumonectomy, bilobectomy, lobectomy, segmentectomy, and wedge resection, according to the volume of lung parenchyma to be resected.

Lung cancer is a common and serious type of cancer that is considered to be the most common type of cancer to affect people worldwide. In fact, at the end of 2018, about 2.1 million new cases of lung ...

Pulmonary resection is the first line of treatment of stage I and II non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). It is also important as part of the management of stage IIIA. In early stages of NSCLC, the ...

Overall, 27% of 2,008 patients with adenocarcinoma and 32% of 1,139 patients with squamous cell carcinoma underwent limited resection. Survival analyses, adjusted for propensity score by using inverse ...

Sublobar resection was on par with lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer tumors with a diameter of 2 cm or less, according to results presented at the recent World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC).

* Actual value in liters as % predicted not available. FEV 1: Forced expiratory volume in 1 s; Postop: Postoperation; Preop: Preoperation. There is a poor prognosis for lung cancer when surgery is not ...

For patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the survival outcomes can be just as good with sublobar resection as with the more invasive lobar resection, suggests results from the ...

Our Care Advisors will connect you with the best healthcare provider for your needs. If you want to learn about lung cancer surgery to remove lung tumors and nodules, this is a place to start. Surgery ...