Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death and the second most diagnosed
cancer for both men and women in the United States 1, 2 More than 25, 000 surgeries for …

Non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of cancer‐related death in the
United States. With the implementation of lung cancer screening, the number and proportion …

OBJECTIVE Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy has been gradually
accepted as an alternative surgical approach to open thoracotomy for selected patients with …

Background Safety and short-term efficacy of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
for early-stage non-small lung cancer (NSCLC) has been demonstrated by observational …

Objectives Anatomic resection is currently the standard of care for clinical stage I lung
cancer, yet clinicians increasingly pursue nonsurgical, ablative therapies to avoid the …

Objective: To compare the perioperative outcomes of single-incision and multiple-incision
thoracoscopic lobectomy and segmentectomy. Background: Reports of single-incision …

Objective A predicted postoperative (ppo) forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1%) or
diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO%) of< 40% has traditionally been …

Background Smoking is a risk factor for postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC)
following non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) surgery. The optimal timing for preoperative …

Objective To study causes and implications of intraoperative conversion to thoracotomy
during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy. Methods We performed an …

OBJECTIVES A prospective, randomized study was carried out on patients undergoing lung
cancer surgery, with the aim of determining if uniportal video-assisted lobectomy has more …