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The advent of low dose CT scans for lung cancer screening has resulted in increased detection of small lung nodules concerning for malignancy. Based on the location, some of these nodules may not be amenable...
Pulmonary segmentectomy can be an adequate oncological lung resection for early stage lung cancer and deeper metastatic lesions. In select patients, the outcomes are comparable to lobectomy. Historically, this operation...
The authors present the case of a 79-year-old man with a distant history of smoking who presented with a slowly enlarging 1 cm nodule. This was initially found on surveillance...
Minimally invasive anatomic pulmonary segmentectomy requires intraparenchymal dissection for the exposure of the segmental vessels and bronchi. This dissection is performed bluntly during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), leading to increased...
Pulmonary segmentectomy requires intraparenchymal dissection to expose the vessels and bronchi. This type of dissection is done bluntly during VATS, and can lead to air leak. Use of the robot...