Illustrated Anatomical Segmentectomy for Lung Cancer

• Main Authors: Nomori, Hiroaki (Author), Okada, Morihito (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Oncology.; Surgery.; Thoracic surgery.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Thoracic Surgery.; Surgical Oncology.; General Surgery.

Advances in computed tomography have made it possible to detect small lung cancers, which has changed lung cancer surgery from lobectomy to a lesser lobar resection such as a segmentectomy or wedge resection. Although wedge resection is a simple procedure, it has a higher risk of hilar lymph node or...

Table of Contents:

• Part I General Statement
• Chapter 1 Nomenclature of Segments
• Chapter 2 General Knock of Segmentectomy
• Part II Details of Technique
• Chapter 3 Segmentectomy of the Right Upper Lobe
• Chapter 4 Segmentectomy of the Right Lower Lobe
• Chapter 5 Segmentectomy of the Left Upper Lobe
• Chapter 6 Segmentectomy of the Left Lower Lobe
• Chapter 7 Sleeve Segmentectomy
• Bibliography.