Thoracoscopic anatomical segmentectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: minimally invasive surgery involving various approaches

[摘要] Although lobectomy has been a standard procedure for lung cancer since the randomized trial by Ginsberg et al. in 1995, segmentectomy has become an acceptable procedure for small-sized lung nodules, particularly for early-stage lung cancers sized less than 2.0 cm or with ground glass opacity (GGO) (1-3). In recent years, a prospective clinical trial— JCOG0802/WJOG4067—demonstrated the feasibility of segmentectomy (4). The results of this study provide surgical strategies for early-stage lung cancer, which could be a valuable topic for further studies.

[学科分类] 呼吸医学

[关键词] Minimally invasive surgery;segmentectomy;uniportal;lung cancer