The emerging role of minimally invasive surgical techniques for the treatment of lung malignancy in the elderly Journal Article
| Authors: | Heerdt, P. M.; Park, B. J. |
| Article Title: | The emerging role of minimally invasive surgical techniques for the treatment of lung malignancy in the elderly |
| Abstract: | As a consequence of the general aging of the population, improved diagnostic techniques, and preoperative interventions to enhance the efficacy of surgical therapy, increasing numbers of elderly patients are presenting for pulmonary resection. Clear association between advanced age and the perioperative morbidity and mortality associated with lung cancer surgery has generated considerable interest in applying minimally invasive operative techniques in the geriatric population under the belief that this approach will improve outcome. This review examines the available data regarding video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy and concludes that this technique for the surgical treatment of early-stage lung cancer may parallel conventional thoracotomy in terms of oncologic efficacy while decreasing perioperative morbidity in the elderly. © 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
| Keywords: | cancer surgery; surgical technique; review; risk benefit analysis; lung lobectomy; lung non small cell cancer; thoracotomy; lung cancer; cancer mortality; surgical risk; comorbidity; intermethod comparison; minimally invasive surgery; aging; lung surgery; vats; functional status; thoracoscopy; video assisted thoracoscopic surgery |
| Journal Title: | Thoracic Surgery Clinics |
| Volume: | 19 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| ISSN: | 1547-4127 |
| Publisher: | W.B. Saunders Co-Elsevier Inc. |
| Date Published: | 2009-08-01 |
| Start Page: | 345 |
| End Page: | 351 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2009.06.006 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PUBMED: | 20066946 |
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| Notes: | --- - "Export Date: 30 November 2010" - "CODEN: TSCHC" - "Source: Scopus" |
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