Comparison between a Case-Matched Analysis of Left Upper Lobe Trisegmentectomy and Left Upper Lobectomy for Small Size Lung Cancer Located in the Upper Division.
October 1, 2007 Lobectomy, Small Size, Upper, Trisegmentectomy, Left Upper Lobe, Comparison, lung cancer, Case Matched, analysis No Comments 
Although an increasing number of approaches for pulmonary segmentectomy to treat early lung cancer are being used, there have been few reports on left upper lobe trisegmentectomy, which is midway between single segmentectomy and lobectomy, for lung cancer. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the medical charts of 86 clinical stage I case-matched patients with a tumor size of less than 2.0 cm in diameter located in the left upper division who underwent resection between June 1998 and December 2005. The patients were divided into two groups as follows: LTS (31), left upper lobe trisegmentectomy; LUL (55), left upper lobectomy. We evaluated these groups with respect to several factors. RESULTS: The characteristics of the two groups (LTS vs. LUL) demonstrated no significant differences with respect to gender, histological type, tumor size, or upstaging of pathological node, or the mode of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS).
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