The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon
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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Sep 2012
Comparative StudyManagement of lung metastases from colorectal cancer: video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus thoracotomy--a case-matched study.
The benefits of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for performing pulmonary metastasectomy are considered controversial. This case-matched study aimed to compare long-term outcomes after surgical resection of pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer using different approaches (VATS vs. thoracotomy). ⋯ Our case-matched study showed that survival outcome of pulmonary metastasectomy using VATS is not inferior to that of open thoracotomy in selected cases.
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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Sep 2012
Indications and surgical outcome following pulmonary metastasectomy: a nationwide study.
The aim of this retrospective nationwide study was to investigate indications and surgical outcome after pulmonary metastasectomy (PM) in a well-defined cohort of patients and to calculate the proportion of cancer patients who were operated on. ⋯ The surgical outcome and survival of patients who underwent PM in Iceland are comparable to those in the other studies. Although there was no control group and selection bias cannot be eliminated, the survival of PM patients was better than for the nonoperated patients. However, a relatively small proportion of patients with CRC, RCC, and sarcoma underwent metastasectomy.