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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022; 70(03): 233-238
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1722172
Original Thoracic

Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy for Deep and Peripheral Small Lung Cancer

Satoshi Takamori
1   Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
,
Hiroyuki Oizumi
1   Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
,
Jun Suzuki
1   Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
,
Katsuyuki Suzuki
1   Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
,
Takanobu Kabasawa
2   Department of Pathological Diagnostics, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
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Abstract

Background We aimed to retrospectively compare the long-term prognosis and recurrence after segmentectomy between nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with deep and peripheral lesions.

Methods Data were extracted for 85 lobectomy-tolerable NSCLC patients with tumors measuring ≤2 cm, who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic segmentectomy with curative intent during January 2006 to December 2014. Tumor location was determined by the surgeon using thin-slice (1 mm) and three-dimensional computed tomography. Overall and recurrence-free survival was compared between patients with peripheral and deep lesions using univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazard models. The indications for segmentectomy included NSCLC measuring ≤2 cm and consolidation/tumor ratio ≤20%, solid NSCLC ≤1 cm, and indeterminate nodule ≤1.5 cm.

Results No recurrence of peripheral and deep lesions was noted. The 5-year overall survival was 96.4% for all patients, and 100 and 95.3% for patients with deep and peripheral lesions, respectively. There was no significant difference between the overall survival rates associated with the deep and peripheral lesions (95% confidence interval [CI], 89.5–98.8, nonsignificant, 86.4–98.4, respectively; p = 0.189). In a multivariate analysis, the American Society of Anesthesiologists score (hazard ratio [HR], 13.30; 95% CI, 1.31–210.36; p = 0.028) and histology (HR, 0.03; 95% CI, 0.00–0.32; p = 0.037) were independent prognostic factors for overall survival; tumor location was not a prognostic factor.

Conclusions When video-assisted thoracoscopic segmentectomy with curative intent was performed with sufficient surgical margins, the location of small NSCLC did not affect recurrence risk and prognosis. Video-assisted thoracoscopic segmentectomy for small NSCLC is acceptable, regardless of the tumor location.

Keywords

small/VATS - lung cancer - outcomes

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The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of our university (#2020–130).




Publication History

Received: 29 September 2020

Accepted: 18 November 2020

Article published online:
04 February 2021

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