Among patients with stage IA non-small cell lung cancer, long-term survival was better with lobectomy or segmentectomy vs.

During a lung segmentectomy or wedge resection, a surgeon will make small incisions on ... The incisions are closed with sutures and a drainage tube is typically left in for one night. After the ...

For patients with stage IA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), lung resections, including lobectomy and segmentectomy, are associated with improved long-term survival compared with wedge resection, ...

Chest wall tumors are uncommon; surgical repair involves both resection of the tumor and reconstruction of ... If tests reveal that the tumor is growing into the lung, pulmonary function studies may ...

New research presented at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that anatomic lung resections, such as lobectomy and segmentectomy, are associated with improved long-term ...

Research at the 2025 STS Annual Meeting indicates anatomical lung resections such as lobectomy are linked to improved survival rates in early-stage NSCLC. Data analysis from over 32,000 patients shows ...

and wedge resection, respectively. The researchers found that lobectomy was associated with improved survival compared with sublobar resection (hazard ratio for overall survival [OS] and lung ...

The aim of this prospective study is to compare the incidence and the types of infections occurring after two different VATS procedures: lung wedge resection versus biopsy of pleura/ mediastinal mass.