Comparing Outcomes of Segmentectomy and Lobectomy for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Is Less Truly More?

Since the first lung resection for a tumour in 1861 by Pean1, thoracic surgery has evolved considerably and now offers patients widely available minimally invasive surgical options aimed at maintaining excellent oncological outcomes, while decreasing perioperative morbidity. The pursuit of further improvement of the disease free survival with an ever increasing multimorbidity population has led to the emergence of segmentectomy as the natural progression of parenchymal sparing techniques.2 [opening paragraph]