Is it safe to perform completion lobectomy after diagnostic wedge resection using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery?

Bo Laksáfoss Holbek; René Horsleben Petersen; Henrik Jessen Hansen

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-016-0633-4

doi.org/10.1007/s11748-016-0633-4

Is it safe to perform completion lobectomy after diagnostic wedge resection using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery?

Bo Laksáfoss Holbek

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René Horsleben Petersen

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Henrik Jessen Hansen

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General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery1.20

Volume: 64, Issue: 4, Pages: 203 - 208

Published: Feb 25, 2016

Abstract

The objective of this study was to assess the safety of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) completion lobectomy (CL) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after diagnostic wedge resection by comparing with standard VATS lobectomy (SL). Data were retrieved from an institutional database of consecutive VATS lobectomies between January 1st 2007 and December 31st 2013. Patients were grouped into CL or SL. Patient characteristics, operative...