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 ...

A wedge resection can be done either through a thoracotomy (open chest surgery) or via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). VATS is a less invasive procedure than thoracotomy, but it's not ...

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.

Both segmentectomy and wedge resection procedures are usually performed when a small cancer is found in a small area of the lung. A wedge resection is like a segmentectomy, but it is typically a ...

Both laparoscopic wedge and endoscopic resection are safe and feasible treatment approaches for patients with gastric ...

This article summarizes published data demonstrating that intrapleural hemorrhage in this condition frequently presents an indication for emergency thoracotomy. Preoperative management and the ...

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 ...