Comparison of Pulmonary Segmentectomy and Lobectomy: Safety Results of a Randomized Trial

Segmentectomy showed no difference in almost all postoperative measures of intraoperative and postoperative complications compared with lobectomy, except segmentectomy was associated with higher chance of air leak.

Source: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - April 8, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Kenji Suzuki, Hisashi Saji, Keiju Aokage, Shun-ichi Watanabe, Morihito Okada, Junki Mizusawa, Ryu Nakajima, Masahiro Tsuboi, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kenichi Nakamura, Tetsuya Mitsudomi, Hisao Asamura, West Japan Oncology Group (WJOG) and Japan Clinical Oncol Source Type: research