Open AccessThe safety and feasibility of thoracoscopic uncommon pulmonary segmentectomy
Author(s) -
Hitoshi Igai,
Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara,
Ryohei Yoshikawa,
Fumi Osawa,
Tomohiro Yazawa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.07.23
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , surgery , thoracotomy , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , thoracoscopy , lung
Opportunities to treat patients requiring uncommon pulmonary segmentectomy are increasing because small pulmonary nodules are being incidentally detected more often. Uncommon segmentectomy is frequently performed via thoracotomy because uncommon pulmonary segmentectomies are associated with various technical difficulties compared to common segmentectomies. In this study, we investigated the safety and feasibility of thoracoscopic uncommon segmentectomy.