VATS in Lung Metastasectomy

Posted On 2021-06-16 15:26:25


This series on “VATS in Lung Metastasectomy” is edited by Dr. Marcello Migliore, from Department of General Surgery and Medical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy; and Dr. Michel Gonzalez, from Service of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

In the absence of scientific evidence that demonstrates that one approach (open or VATS) is better than the other, the less invasive approach should be chosen. Therefore, there is no doubt that VATS (uniportal, multiportal or subxiphoid) represents nowadays the most used “standard practice” to remove lung metastases. Nevertheless, surgeons should never forget that the fundamental goal of the procedure of lung metastasectomy is not the minimal invasiveness of the skin incision but the prolonged survival.

Editorial on VATS in Lung Metastasectomy
Searching for evidence of VATS lung metastasectomy
Marcello Migliore, Michel Gonzalez

Original Article on VATS in Lung Metastasectomy
Personalized approach for video-assisted thoracic surgery lung metastasectomy
Céline Forster, Amaya Ojanguren, Jean Yannis Perentes, Matthieu Zellweger, Marcello Migliore, Thorsten Krueger, Etienne Abdelnour-Berchtold, Michel Gonzalez

Review Article on VATS in Lung Metastasectomy
What have we learned in the process of setting up and running the PulMiCC (Pulmonary Metastasectomy in Colorectal Cancer) randomised controlled trial?
Francesca Fiorentino, Misel Milošević, Tom Treasure

Is preoperative histological diagnosis in lung metastases necessary?
Dragan Subotic

Algorithm for the pulmonary metastasectomy based on number of metastases and histology
Stefan Welter, Varun Gupta

Survival after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for lung metastasectomy
Alfonso Fiorelli, Annalisa Carlucci, Giovanni Natale, Mary Bove, Chiara Freda, Antonio Noro, Vincenzo Ferrara, Giorgia Opromolla, Mario Martone, Roberto Cascone, Gaetana Messina, Anna Izzo, Giovanni Vicidomini, Mario Santini

Segmentectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery for pulmonary metastases
Benoît Bédat, Marco Demarchi, Frédéric Triponez, Wolfram Karenovics

TNM classification for lung metastases
Marcello Migliore, Michel Gonzalez

Surgical Technique on VATS in Lung Metastasectomy
Awake surgery for lung metastasectomy
Vincenzo Ambrogi, Federica Carlea, Eleonora La Rocca, Tommaso Claudio Mineo

Case Report on VATS in Lung Metastasectomy
Metachronous lung cancer resection on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a pneumonectomized and mediastinum irradiated patient
Evangelos Koliakos, Enrica Chiriatti, André Durham, Michel Gonzalez, Thorsten Krueger, Jean-Claude Grange, Dominique Delay, Gregoire Gex, Michel Christodoulou, Jean Yannis Perentes

Editoral Commentary on VATS in Lung Metastasectomy
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in lung metastasectomy—what is new in lung metastasectomy: an over-view
Jorge Hernández, Juan J. Fibla, Laureano Molins

Disclosure:
The series “VATS in Lung Metastasectomy” was commissioned by the editorial office, Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery without any sponsorship or funding. Marcello Migliore and Michel Gonzalez are serving as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.