title: Left lower apical segmentectomy after video-assisted left upper lobectomy for relapse in lung cancer: benefit to avoid completion pneumonectomy.
abstract: Segmental resection is a useful procedure to preserve respiratory function. We report a case of lower apical segmentectomy for relapse after initial video-assisted left upper lobectomy to avoid completion pneumonectomy. After 4 years of follow-up, the patient is doing well with no evidence of disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City, Gifu 501-1194, Japan. ihisashi@gifu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: Koyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shirahashi
authors.forename: Yoshimasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Hirotaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takemura
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted