BACKGROUND Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy is a newly developed type of surgery for lung cancer and has been demonstrated obvious minimally-invasive advantages compared with traditional thoracotomy. Theoretically, that less trauma leads to quicker recovery and may facilitate administration of adjuvant chemotherapy. We tested this hypothesis in this study. METHODS One hun...

The indication for a sleeve resection is well established: a tumor arising at the origin of a lobar bronchus but not infiltrating as far as to require pneumonectomy. In addition, a sleeve resection may be indicated when N1 nodes infiltrate the bronchus from the outside, as is often the case in the left upper lobe tumors. From a functional point of view, sleeve lobectomy is strictly indicated in...

Background: Tumor spread through air spaces (STAS) is now recognized as tumor invasion. However, the association between STAS and procedure-specific outcomes (limited resection lobectomy) in patients with pathologic stage I lung adenocarcinoma (ADC) still under investigation.

BACKGROUND While video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy has been widely accepted for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, the debate over video-assisted thoracic surgery segmentectomy still remains. This study compared the clinical outcomes using the two procedures for stage I non-small cell lung cancer patients. METHODS Retrospective review was conducted on patients who underwent ...

BACKGROUND We previously reported that arterial infarction of vital organs after lobectomy might occur only after left upper lobectomy and be caused by thrombosis in the left superior pulmonary vein stump. We hypothesized that changes in blood flow, such as blood stasis and disturbed stagnant flow, in the left superior pulmonary vein stump cause thrombosis, and this was evaluated by intraoperat...

INTRODUCTION Lobectomy is the standard curative treatment for non-small cell carcinoma (NSCLC) of the lung. Most studies on lobectomy have focused on short-term outcome and 30-day mortality. The aim of this study was to determine both short-term and long-term surgical outcome in all patients who underwent lobectomy for NSCLC in Iceland over a 24-year period. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study inv...