Lung Cancer - Surgery

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The Exclusion Technique: An Approach to Parenchymal Division During Complex Robotic Segmentectomy

May 27, 2026 | John Barron…

Anatomic segmentectomy has emerged as an effective option for the management of early-stage lung cancer; however, the division of intersegmental parenchyma remains technically challenging. The authors describe and illustrate the exclusion technique, a bronchus-last strategy...

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STS Expert Consensus Document (2026) on Addressing Definition and Practices of Sublobar Resection in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

July 29, 2026 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Expert Consensus Document (2026) on Addressing Definition and Practices of Sublobar Resection in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) provides evidence-based recommendations to guide the...

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Post-Induction Robotic Left Lower Lobectomy in a Patient With a Previous S9–S10 Left Segmentectomy

July 6, 2026 | Alessia Caputo…

The clinical case presented in this video concerns a 67-year-old female patient who came to the authors’ attention in 2021 after undergoing a computed tomography (CT) scan that revealed the...

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Evaluation and Management of N2+ Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: An Interview With Dr. Philip Linden

June 5, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

At the 2026 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief, Joel Dunning, a cardiothoracic surgeon at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, UK, spoke with Dr. Philip...

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Hybrid VATS Right Upper Lobectomy With En Bloc Chest Wall Resection and Thoracoscopic Management of Major Stapler Injury

June 1, 2026 | José Yaryura Montero…

The authors present the case of a 71-year-old female former smoker who was referred for persistent right dorsal thoracic pain. Computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) scans revealed...

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Robot-Assisted Thoracic Surgery in Colombia: A Multi-Institutional Initial Experience

April 17, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Buitrago and Restrepo report the largest series to date from Latin America of patients undergoing robot-assisted thoracic surgery. A total of 69 patients underwent robot-assisted procedures with 47 undergoing pulmonary...

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Intraoperative Conversion During Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy Does Not Constitute a Treatment Failure

April 3, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Intraoperative conversion may be necessary during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for lung cancer. In this study on 610 patients, Fourdrain and colleagues observed that conversion during a VATS procedure was...

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Uptake of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Resections Within the Veterans Affairs

March 16, 2019 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

The institution-specific uptake of VATS for lung cancer resection in the US Veterans Affairs system was evaluated over the past 15 years. Uptake more than tripled during the study period,...

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Measuring the Integration of Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy Plus Surgery for Early-Stage Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

March 4, 2019 | Marco NardiniBronze Contributor

The complete pathologic response rate in this study is revealed to be low, lower than expected after stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) for early stage non-small cell lung cancer: only 60%....

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Uniportal VATS Anatomic Right Basal Segmentectomy (S7-10)

January 21, 2019 | Julio Sesma…

Anatomic sublobar resections have been used primarily for benign pulmonary lesions, lung metastases, and early stage lung cancer. There are many recent studies that support the oncological results of anatomic...

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In Global News: Air Pollution Threatens Global Health, a PDA Occlusion Device for Premature Babies, and Medication Cost and Nonadherence

January 18, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest Air pollution tops the World Health Organization’s list of Top 10 threats to global health. A US woman had an aortic dissection while simultaneously going...

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A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Versus Surgery for Patients With Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

January 9, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Cao and colleagues compared outcomes with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) to surgery for patients with non–small cell lung cancer using a meta-analysis of 23 studies. Although periprocedural risk was...

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Robotic Right S1 Segmentectomy Extended to S2 and Middle Lobe Wedge Resection Assisted by Multimodal Imaging System

December 10, 2018 | Marco NardiniBronze Contributor…

Minimally invasive segmentectomy is becoming a popular operation for the diagnosis and treatment of small pulmonary nodules. It is very technically challenging and the anatomic variations are often unpredictable. The...

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