If a smaller area of the lung requires removal, surgeons perform a wedge resection. They often use video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), which is keyhole surgery using a camera. It uses smaller ...

Laparoscopic wedge resection is recommended for GISTs larger than 4 cm due to higher complete resection rates. Endoscopic resection offers faster recovery and fewer postoperative symptoms, despite ...

Conversion to thoracotomy was required in 13% of T1 ... the pathology of 31 T1N0M0 lesions that had been diagnosed by wedge resection, which then proceeded to completion lobectomy.

Pneumonectomy versus lobectomy versus segmentectomy versus wedge resection. This protocol centres around the broad research topic of describing the healthcare cost of postoperative complications ...

These procedures include: lobectomy — removal of one of the lung’s lobes segmentectomy — removal of a segment of a lobe wedge resection — removal of part of a segment Other lung conditions ...

One hundred percent of patients with a combination of neurogenic and arterial thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) requiring cervical rib resection had Roos type I and/or II bands. Additional surgical ...

The following is a summary of “Efficacy and Safety of Cold Versus Hot Snare Endoscopic Mucosal Resection in Colorectal Polyp Removal: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” published in the January ...

During 2018-2019, the Journal of Thoracic Oncology also had the highest citation frequency ... 3 squamous cell carcinoma, #4 bronchial washing, #5 wedge resection, #6 gross handling, #7 lung cancer, ...

Many surgeries are done with a long incision in the side of the chest, known as a thoracotomy. Some early stage tumors may be treated with video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), which uses several ...