Surgical Outcomes of Complex Versus Simple Segmentectomy for Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

摘要

Background. As segmentectomy becomes widely used for lung cancer treatment, complex segmentectomy, which makes several, intricate intersegmental planes, remains controversial because of procedural complexity and risk of increased complications and incurability. Questions remain about mortality, morbidity, surgical margin, lymph nodes dissection, and postoperative pulmonary function. We evaluated operative and postoperative outcomes of complex compared with simple segmentectomy.