title: Lung resection in patients with marginal pulmonary function.
abstract: The advent of MIS or VATS techniques, better perioperative anesthesia management, and better postoperative care enables thoracic surgeons to operate on marginal patients, with less risk than previously established. Careful preoperative decision making in a multidisciplinary setting should insure that all patients are given the best potential curative option.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, 55 Victoria Parade, Melbourne, Victoria 3065, Australia. Electronic address: nzalam@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Naveed Zeb
authors.initials: NZ
authors.lastname: Alam
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012143:Respiratory Physiological Phenomena; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*
keywords: COPD; Elderly; Non–small cell lung cancer; Preoperative assessment; Surgery; VATS