By Dr Kriti Sharma, Paediatric Surgical Registrar, and Mr Sanjay Sharma, Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Pulmonary lobectomy has been the mainstay of treatment for early-stage lung cancer, but video-assisted thoroscopic surgery (VATS) has essentially replaced open thoracotomy for smaller tumours.
This is due to lower amounts a pain, a shorter length of stay, lower bleeding/transfusion rates, and less air leak with equivalent oncological outcomes.
Rates of 90% five-year survival can be achieved with early-stage lesions. More recently robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) has been used for lung resection....
Pulmonary lobectomy has been the mainstay of treatment for early-stage lung cancer, but video-assisted thoroscopic surgery (VATS) has essentially replaced open thoracotomy for smaller tumours.
This is due to lower amounts a pain, a shorter length of stay, lower bleeding/transfusion rates, and less air leak with equivalent oncological outcomes.
Rates of 90% five-year survival can be achieved with early-stage lesions. More recently robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) has been used for lung resection....
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