Alessio Campisi, Andrea Dell'Amore, Eleonora Faccioli, Wentao Fang, Tangbin Chen, Chunyu Ji, Piotr Gabryel, Magdalena Sielewicz, Cezary Piwkowski, Samina Park, Young Tae Kim, Stefano Bongiolatti, Giovanni Mugnaini, Luca Voltolini, Chiara Catelli, Riccardo Giovannetti, Maurizio Infante, Luca Bertolaccini, Lorenzo Spaggiari, Jonas Ehrsam, Othmar Schöb, Ilhan Inci, Federico Rea
BACKGROUND: Sleeve resection is currently the gold standard procedure for centrally located non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Extended sleeve lobectomies(ESL) consist in an atypical bronchoplasty with resection of more than one lobe, and carry several technical difficulties compared to simple sleeve lobectomy(SSL). Our study aimed to compare the outcomes of ESL and SSL for NSCLC. METHODS: This multicenter, retrospective, cohort study included 1314 patients who underwent ESL (155 patients) or SSL (1159 patients) between 2000 and 2018...
January 19, 2024: Annals of Thoracic Surgery