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ArticleInterdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery2023

Local control and short-term outcomes after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery segmentectomy versus lobectomy for pT1c pN0 non-small-cell lung cancer.

Céline Forster, Etienne Abdelnour-Berchtold, Benoît Bédat, Jean Yannis Perentes, Matthieu Zellweger, Marc-Olivier Sauvain, Michel Christodoulou, Frédéric Triponez, Wolfram Karenovics, Thorsten Krueger and 1 more

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Article in Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Is segmentectomy potentially adequate for clinical stage IA3 non-small cell lung cancer.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2025
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  4. Segmentectomy for stage IA3 tumours: just another day in clinic.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Céline ForsterDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Etienne Abdelnour-BerchtoldDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4002-9046
Benoît BédatDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, University of Geneva (HUG), Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3758-7867
Jean Yannis PerentesDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Matthieu ZellwegerDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Marc-Olivier SauvainDepartment of General Surgery, Réseau Hospitalier Neuchâtelois (RHNe), Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Michel ChristodoulouDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Réseau Santé du Valais Romand (RSVr), Sion, Switzerland.
Frédéric TriponezDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, University of Geneva (HUG), Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7808-496X
Wolfram KarenovicsDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, University of Geneva (HUG), Geneva, Switzerland.
Thorsten KruegerDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Michel GonzalezDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8705-4279
University of Lausanne · CHUniversity of Geneva · CHHospital Neuchâtel · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe aim of this study was to compare short-term outcomes and local control in pT1c pN0 non-small-cell lung cancer that were intentionally treated by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy or segmentectomy.

methodsMulticentre retrospective study of consecutive patients undergoing VATS lobectomy (VL) or VATS segmentectomy (VS) for pT1c pN0 non-small-cell lung cancer from January 2014 to October 2021. Patients' characteristics, postoperative outcomes and survival were compared.

resultsIn total, 162 patients underwent VL (n = 81) or VS (n = 81). Except for age [median (interquartile range) 68 (60-73) vs 71 (65-76) years; P = 0.034] and past medical history of cancer (32% vs 48%; P = 0.038), there was no difference between VL and VS in terms of demographics and comorbidities. Overall 30-day postoperative morbidity was similar in both groups (34% vs 30%; P = 0.5). The median time for chest tube removal [3 (1-5) vs 2 (1-3) days; P = 0.002] and median postoperative length of stay [6 (4-9) vs 5 (3-7) days; P = 0.039] were in favour of the VS group. Significantly larger tumour size (mean ± standard deviation 25.1 ± 3.1 vs 23.6 ± 3.1 mm; P = 0.001) and an increased number of lymph nodes removal [median (interquartile range) 14 (9-23) vs 10 (6-15); P < 0.001] were found in the VL group. During the follow-up [median (interquartile range) 31 (14-48) months], no statistical difference was found for local and distant recurrence in VL groups (12.3%) and VS group (6.1%) (P = 0.183). Overall survival (80% vs 80%) was comparable between both groups (P = 0.166).

conclusionsDespite a short follow-up, our preliminary data shows that local control is comparable for VL and VS.

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LobectomyNon-small-cell lung carcinomaSegmentectomySurvivalVideo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

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PMID36856745
PMCPMC9976754
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