RT Book, Section
A1 Raemdonck, Dirk Van
A1 Decaluwé, Herbert
A1 Leyn, Paul De
A1 Carr, Shamus R.
A1 Friedberg, Joseph S.
A2 Sugarbaker, David J.
A2 Bueno, Raphael
A2 Colson, Yolonda L.
A2 Jaklitsch, Michael T.
A2 Krasna, Mark J.
A2 Mentzer, Steven J.
A2 Williams, Marcia
A2 Adams, Ann
SR Print(0)
ID 1105842342
T1 Segmentectomy for Primary Lung Cancer
T2 Adult Chest Surgery, 2e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-178189-3
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105842342
RD 2024/04/20
AB Segmentectomy  was  initially  described  by  Churchill  and  Belsey1  in  1939  for  the  treatment  of  bronchiectasis.  Although  the  operation  is  still  used  to  treat  suppurative  and  other  nonmalignant  processes  (e.g.,  aspergilloma,  pulmonary  sequestration),  other  pulmonary  infections,  pulmonary  abscesses,  and  benign  tumors  of  the  lung  (hamartomas,  papillomas),  this  chapter  concerns  its  controversial  use  in  early-stage  lung  cancer.2  Until  1950,  pneumonectomy  was  the  standard  of  care  for  lung  cancer.  However,  increasing  awareness  of  the  diminution  of  respiratory  function  caused  by  pneumonectomy  soon  led  to  interest  in  lobectomy  and  other  lesser  resections  for  tumors  of  amenable  size  and  location.  In  1973,  Jensik  et  al.3  reported  the  first  series  of  segmentectomies  for  early-stage  lung  cancer.  Since  then,  limited  resection  for  lung  cancer  has  been  a  topic  of  much  debate,  and  the  controversy  has  been  plagued  by  conflicting  results  between  studies  comparing  segmentectomy  and  standard  lobectomy  or  pneumonectomy.