Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for lung cancer: the point at issue
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Yoshinori Yamashita, MD, PhD · Hiroaki Harada, MD Keizo Misumi, MD
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Among the four subjects addressed in this article, the defi nition of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy is fundamentally the point at issue, which leads to various obstacles for upcoming clinical trials. It is strongly expected that VATS lobectomy will be identifi ed as a standard operation for primary lung cancer with confi rmed clinical evidence. Standard surgical procedure with a certain oncological validity for lung cancer should be minimally invasive, safe, and technically simple for general thoracic surgeons. In conclusion, most patients with resectable lung cancer will be able to benefi t from a validated painless VATS lobectomy in the near future.
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 59:164–168 DOI 10.1007/s11748-010-0708-6 Received: 18 June 2010 / Accepted: 1 September 2010
