ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2019
Pulmonary laser-assisted metastasectomy is associated with prolonged survival in patients with colorectal cancer.
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- Laser-assisted lung metastasectomy: a systematic review.Updates in surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Lung Metastatectomy: Can Laser-Assisted Surgery Make a Difference?Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Pooled it
- Uniportal Laser-Assisted Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy (U-LA-VATS) for Lung Metastasectomy: Technical Description, Peri-Operative Results and Pertinent Literature Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Should cardiovascular comorbidities be a contraindication for pulmonary metastasectomy?Journal of thoracic disease · 2022Article
- Study Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial on Pulmonary Metastasectomy vs. Standard of Care in Colorectal Cancer Patients With ≥ 3 Lung Metastases (PUCC-Trial).Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Surgical Morbidity and Lung Function Changes After Laser-Assisted Pulmonary Metastasectomy: A Prospective Bicentric Study.Frontiers in surgery · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundPulmonary metastases develop in 10-15% of patients with colorectal cancer. Surgical metastasectomy currently provides the only hope for a cure for these patients. The aim of this study was to analyze the expanding role of pulmonary metastasectomy in the context of laser-assisted surgery (LAS)
methodsWe performed a single-center retrospective analysis of 204 patients who underwent curative pulmonary metastasectomy for colorectal cancer between 01/2005 and 12/2016. The main endpoint was survival. The Kaplan-Meier method was applied for statistical analysis and survival rates were compared with the log rank test.
resultsMedian follow-up was 53 months. A total of 267 metastases were resected in 154 operations in the NLAS group (median: 1)
conclusionsSurvival after pulmonary metastasectomy has previously been shown to correlate with a low number of metastases and a longer disease-free interval. However, with the tissue-saving LAS technique complete resectability can be achieved in patients with more metastases and long-term survival is possible for selected patients.
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