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Published in: Surgery Today 5/2021

01-05-2021 | Lung Cancer | Review Article

Troubleshooting in thoracoscopic anatomical lung resection for lung cancer

Author: Atsushi Watanabe

Published in: Surgery Today | Issue 5/2021

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Abstract

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) anatomical lung resection (ALR) has been gaining popularity in the treatment of lung cancer in line with remarkable advances in both equipment and technique. The development and refinement of its technique have allowed thoracic surgeons to perform a wide variety of challenging and complex procedures in a minimally invasive fashion. Careful and meticulous preparation may shift in the future with the increasing sophistication and capabilities of VATS ALR. Moreover, constant awareness and a structured plan of the procedure are imperative to reducing or preventing complications. Intraoperative major complications during VATS ALR are infrequent, but can have catastrophic consequences. The decision to continue with VATS should take into consideration the surgeon’s skill level and ease with the approach and the relative potential benefit against the risk to the patient. We conducted this study to investigate the possible problems during VATS ALR and identify how to solve them based on the previous literature and our institutional data sampling.
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Metadata
Title
Troubleshooting in thoracoscopic anatomical lung resection for lung cancer
Author
Atsushi Watanabe
Publication date
01-05-2021
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Published in
Surgery Today / Issue 5/2021
Print ISSN: 0941-1291
Electronic ISSN: 1436-2813
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-020-02136-x

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