@article{JOVS20337,
author = {Luigi Ventura and Chunyu Ji and Weigang Zhao and Xuefei Zhang and Wentao Fang},
title = {S1 segmentectomy for early stage NSCLC in the apical segment of the right upper lobe},
journal = {Journal of Visualized Surgery},
volume = {4},
number = {7},
year = {2018},
keywords = {},
abstract = {In the last years, the role of segmentectomy for the treatment of patient with early stage lung cancer is gaining more and more importance. Compared to lobectomy, performing a segmentectomy needs more surgical experience and anatomical knowledge, in particular if individual upper and lower lobe segmentectomies are considered. Here, we present a case of a patient with a minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (MIA) in the S1 segment of the right upper lobe treated with an apical (S1) segmentectomy. A 54-year-old female patient came to our attention with a chest CT-scan finding of an 8.8 mm subsolid nodule in the S1 segment of the right upper lobe. As we considered the lesion highly suspicious of early stage lung cancer, a surgical excision was proposed. A right S1 segmentectomy by minimally invasive approach was performed. The post-operative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged on the 4th post-operative day. Final histopathological examination revealed a MIA of the lung, staged as pT1miN0M0. In the treatment of patients with early stage lung cancer located in S1 segment of the right upper lobe, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) S1 segmentectomy represents a safe and radical therapeutic procedure which allows to spare the remaining segments of the right upper lobe.},
issn = {2221-2965}, url = {https://jovs.amegroups.org/article/view/20337}
}