Approaches to Lung Resection for Early-Stage Cancer [1]
Approaches to lung resection for early stage cancer.
- This survey was posted during November 2006.
- A total of 41 responses were received; most were from North American surgeons.
- Most surgeons preferred a VATS wedge resection for diagnosis.
- There was a considerable range of approaches for resection, including muscle sparing thoracotomy, muscle dividing thoracotomy, and VATS lobectomy.
- The vast majority of surgeons routinely perform formal lobectomy and mediastinal lymph node dissection for this type of tumor.
Assume for purposes of this survey that the patient in question is a 60 year old man who has a 1.5 cm peripheral RUL lung nodule that is highly suspicious for cancer on CT and PET and is without CT or PET evidence for hilar or mediastinal adenopathy. No diagnosis has been obtained. The patient is a good surgical risk from a cardiopulmonary standpoint
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Subspecialty(ies):
Thoracic [3]
Content Area(s):
Survey Results [4]