Is It Time to Cross the Pillars of Evidence in Favor of Segmentectomies in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?
1. Introduction
2. Segmentectomy Does Not Seem to Preserve Lung Function
3. The Surgical Difficulties of Different Forms of Segmentectomy Are Dissimilar
4. Lymph Node Mediastinal Dissection Still Remains a Key Point
5. Wedge Resections and Anatomical Segmentectomies Are Not Two Sides of the Same Coin
6. The Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial
7. Conclusions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Simple Segmentectomies | Complex Segmentectomies | ||
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Moderately Difficult | Difficult | ||
Left lung | S1 + S2 + S3 S4 + S5 S6 | S1 + S2 + S3 S1 + S2 S3 S8 S8 + S9 + S10 | S8 + S9 S6 + S8 |
Right lung | S1 S6 | S2 S3 S4 S8 S7 + S8 + S9 + S10 | S1a + S2 S2b + S3a S2 + S3a S1b + S3 S10 S9 + S10 S8 + S9 |
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Bertolaccini, L.; Spaggiari, L. Is It Time to Cross the Pillars of Evidence in Favor of Segmentectomies in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer? Cancers 2023, 15, 1993. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15071993
Bertolaccini L, Spaggiari L. Is It Time to Cross the Pillars of Evidence in Favor of Segmentectomies in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer? Cancers. 2023; 15(7):1993. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15071993
Chicago/Turabian StyleBertolaccini, Luca, and Lorenzo Spaggiari. 2023. "Is It Time to Cross the Pillars of Evidence in Favor of Segmentectomies in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?" Cancers 15, no. 7: 1993. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15071993