The Role of the Diagnostic Wedge Resection in the Era of Segmentectomy

The authors of this paper note that the surgical landscape has changed in the last two years. They suggest that the multidisciplinary team should avoid a diagnostic wedge resection if segmentectomy would be the definitive and recommended operation. In that case, advanced navigation techniques should be used for diagnosis. Undertaking a segmentectomy as the primary operation will avoid a second surgery. Established practice may be difficult to overturn, but the authors recommend that a diagnostic wedge resection is avoided so as not to prevent or complicate a segmentectomy.