Imaged thoracic lobectomy: should it be done?
Imaged thoracic surgery is a new modality that is rapidly gaining acceptance from thoracic surgeons. Procedures that traditionally required a thoracotomy can now be done successfully using this technique in some patients. Three patients with primary carcinoma of the lung have undergone lobectomy using imaged thoracic surgery.
Lewis
R J
RJ
Department of Surgery, UMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, Piscataway.
Sisler
G E
GE
Caccavale
R J
RJ
D002282:Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016288:Computer Terminals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography