This is a letter in response to the article by Chang and colleagues. The authors state that this type of analysis was necessary as it is difficult to conduct a clinical trial that involves new technology.
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August 19, 2015
This is the authors' reply to the letters submitted to The Lancet Oncology. They begin by stating that the strength of their analysis was that patients were randomised, thereby avoiding selection bias. With regards to low accrual, one major factor was failure of thoracic surgeons to participate. In addition, stage I NSCLC is relatively uncommon.
August 17, 2015
This video demonstrates a left pneumonectomy by single-port approach for a primary squamous cell carcinoma.
August 11, 2015
This single institution retrospective study evaluated the relationship of adenocarcinoma subtype to long-term survival after resection of stage I lung cancer. Patients with solid-predominant tumors experienced recurrences earlier, more often in distant sites, and more often in multiple locations. This subtype was also independently associated with
August 5, 2015
This video demonstrates a robotic left middle lobectomy in a patient with situs inversus totalis.
August 4, 2015
This video shows a technique for the gradual transition from a conventional 3/4-port, to a 2-port, and finally to a single-port approach for thoracoscopic anatomic lung resections.
July 27, 2015
The authors present a patient with a suspected cT1aN0 NSCLC right nodule, who was treated with a VATS anatomical segmentectomy.
July 22, 2015
This video shows a left upper lobectomy with wedge resection of the pulmonary artery, sleeve bronchoplasty, and mediastinal lymph node dissection in a 36-year-old female patient.
July 20, 2015
This video demonstrates a VATS resection of extralobar sequestration in an asymptomatic patient.
July 20, 2015
This study explores the genetical contribution to lung cancer in non-smoking patients using a state-wide cancer registry for lung cancer (n=5544). This study provides insight into which non-smoking patients are at risk for lung cancer.