J Chest Surg.  2021 Aug;54(4):246-252. 10.5090/jcs.21.058.

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Segmentectomy

• Kim HE
• Yang YH
• Lee CY

• KMID: 2519133
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5090/jcs.21.058

Abstract

Although lobectomy remains the gold-standard surgical treatment for non–small-cell lung cancer, the frequency of thoracoscopic segmentectomy is increasing. Multiple factors must be considered in the choice of the procedure, ranging from adequate surgical planning or simulation, tumor localization, and identification of the intersegmental plane to severing the intersegmental plane to achieve an oncologically safe surgical margin with no or minimal manual palpation and different landmarks. In this article, we present an overview of methods for each procedural step of thoracoscopic segmentectomy, from preoperative planning to division of the intersegmental plane.

Keyword

Thoracoscopy; Segmentectomy; Lung neoplasms; Simulation