BACKGROUND: Segmentectomy is an anatomic pulmonary parenchymal-sparing resection
performed for certain benign lesions and on selected patients with lung cancer. We …

Anatomical segmentectomy is gathering increasing interest among thoracic surgeons
because of increased detection of pulmonary nodules with ground-glass opacity (GGO) as …

BACKGROUND: Segmentectomy provides an anatomic, parenchymal-sparing strategy for
patients with limited lung function. Recently, interest has been renewed in segmentectomy …

OBJECTIVES The role of anatomical pulmonary segmentectomy is increasing, but there are
few data about its complication rate. We have analysed the postoperative morbidity, mortality …

Pulmonary segmentectomy was first described in 1939 for the treatment of benign lung
conditions. 1 Since then, anatomic pulmonary segmentectomy has been demonstrated to be …

Pulmonary segmentectomy has become a good option for small peripheral non-small cell
lung cancers and is currently being evaluated in a large North American randomized study …

Background No definitive comparisons of surgical morbidity between segmentectomy and
lobectomy for non–small cell lung cancer have been reported. Methods We conducted a …

Background. Minimal resection of small lung tumors is still controversial. This study was
conducted to clarify whether this type of operation is acceptable. Methods. From January …

Results Only 1 of the 109 patients died in the postoperative period. This patient, who had
been operated upon for primary carcinoma of the lung, had severe emphysema and died of …

Minimally invasive strategies in the management of primary and secondary pulmonary
malignancies are evolving. Thoracoscopic lobectomy is defined as the anatomic resection of …