This video shows a completion pneumonectomy performed totally by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) on a 64-year-old female non-smoker.
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Lung - Cancer
February 2, 2016
This video demonstrates the technical details of a thoracoscopic left lower lobectomy utilizing the fissureless fissure-last technique.
January 31, 2016
Whether open and VATS lobectomy for lung cancer result in similar nodal assessment is unclear. The authors compared rates of nodal upstaging for nearly 17,000 patients in the National Cancer Database who underwent resection for T2N0M0 or lower stage NSCLC. Upstaging was more common in patients undergoing open resection (12.8% vs 10.3%).
January 30, 2016
Readmission after lung resection is associated with increased costs and is used as a benchmark for quality. Outcomes of more than 22,000 lobectomies were evaluated for factors associated with readmission. 30- and 90-day readmission rates were 11.5% and 19.8%. Causes for readmission were pulmonary (24%), cardiovascular (16%), and surgical/procedura
January 25, 2016
This video demonstrates a lobectomy performed through a transcervical incision without sternal lifting or retracting.
January 6, 2016
This long-awaited lung cancer staging update serves as the model for the AJCC 8 update that will be published in the near future. The primary changes involve T status and an expansion of M status to include a single distant metastasis as T4c. Stage IA is now subdivided into 3 stages, IIIC has been added, and stage IV has been expanded into IVA and
December 28, 2015
The goal of this study was to present the changes in pulmonary function after SBRT in 127 patients with clinical stage I NSCLC or a single lung metastasis. These patients were either too high risk for an operation or preferred a non-operative treatment approach.
December 1, 2015
This video demonstrates a right upper lobe microlobectomy. It illustrates the complete division of the right upper lobe vein using only the Ethicon Enseal, a bipolar energy device.
November 30, 2015
This is an interesting document adding the proposals for the next edition of lung cancer staging. the changes are going to be quite significant :
November 25, 2015
In a debate filmed at the 2015 SCTS Annual Meeting in Manchester, United Kingdom, Gilbert Massard and Gonzalo Varela offer different perspectives on how to best manage N2 disease.