Surgical outcome of ipsilateral anatomical resection for lung cancer after pulmonary lobectomy.
Mikio OkazakiKen SuzawaKazuhiko ShienHiromasa YamamotoKota ArakiMototsugu WatanabeMasanori OkadaYuho MakiTsuyoshi UenoShinji OtaniRyujiro SugimotoHitoshi NishikawaRiki OkitaMakio HayamaHiroyuki TaoToshiya FujiwaraHidetoshi InokawaYuji HiramiYoshifumi SanoMotohiro YamashitaOsamu KawamataMotoki MatsuuraShinichi ToyookaPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2023)
Anatomical resection following ipsilateral lobectomy is associated with a high frequency of intraoperative and postoperative complications. However, the 5-year overall survival in patients with c-stage I NSCLC who underwent ipsilateral anatomical resection after pulmonary lobectomy is comparable to that in patients who underwent anatomical resection without prior pulmonary lobectomy.