This issue on “VATS Segmentectomy”, guest edited by Dr. Hiroyuki Oizumi, is to provide precise understanding of anatomy, planning of resection and surgical techniques for lung segmentectomy to thoracic surgeons all around the world. We hope it will be beneficial to the safety and spread of this procedure. The issue attempts to increase the knowledge of the readers in a comprehensive and contemporary way for the technique of VATS Segmentectomy, which we hope will also be conducive to patients as well as the growth of young surgeons. Here we would like to extend my sincere thanks to all of you for contributing to this issue.
Preface
The time for VATS segmentectomy has come
Original Article on Thoracic Surgery
Swine model for training surgeons in minimally invasive anatomic lung segmentectomy
Indocyanine green fluorescence-navigated thoracoscopic anatomical segmentectomy
Review Article on Thoracic Surgery
Anatomic thoracoscopic segmentectomy for early-stage lung cancer
Robotic-assisted pulmonary segmentectomies
3D-CT anatomy for VATS segmentectomy
Case Report on Thoracic Surgery
Planning video-assisted thoracic surgery segmentectomy using three dimensional computed tomography angiography and bronchography with a virtual safety margin
Perspective on Thoracic Surgery
How to demarcate intersegmental plane with resected-segments inflation method using the slip knot technique in thoracoscopic anatomic segmentectomy
Video-assisted thoracoscopic subsegmentectomy for small-sized pulmonary nodules
Disclosure:
The series “VATS Segmentectomy” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Visualized Surgery without any sponsorship or funding. Hiroyuki Oizumi served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.
The series “VATS Segmentectomy” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Visualized Surgery without any sponsorship or funding. Hiroyuki Oizumi served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.