Takuya Matsui1,2, Yusuke Takahashi3, Suguru Shirai1, Keita Nakanishi1, Takeo Nakada1, Noriaki Sakakura1, Hiroshi Haneda2, Katsuhiro Okuda2, Ryoichi Nakanishi2, Hiroaki Kuroda1. 1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center, 1-1 Kanokoden Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8681, Japan. 2. Department of Oncology, Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawasumi Mizuho-cho Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8602, Japan. 3. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center, 1-1 Kanokoden Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8681, Japan. y.takahashi@aichi-cc.jp.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Despite the ubiquitous utilization of anatomical sublobar resection for malignant lung tumors, the effectiveness and feasibility of subsegmentectomy remains unclear. This study therefore compared the perioperative outcomes between anatomical sublobar resection including (IS) and excluding (ES) subsegmentectomy. METHODS: Patients who had undergone anatomical sublobar resection at our institution from January 2013 to March 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. Clinicopathologic characteristics and perioperative outcomes of the IS group (n = 58) were then analyzed the compared to those of the ES group (n = 203). RESULTS: No statistically significant differences in age, sex, comorbidities, tumor location, preoperative pulmonary function, or tumor size on imaging were found between both groups. The IS group had significantly higher preoperative computed tomography-guided marking rates (40% vs. 18%; p < 0.01) and used significantly more staplers for intersegmental dissection than the ES group [4, interquartile range (IQR): 3-4 vs. 3, IQR: 3-4; p = 0.03]. Both groups had comparable 30-day mortality (0% vs. 0%; p > 0.99), intraoperative complications (7% vs. 10%; p = 0.61), and postoperative complications (5% vs. 8%; p = 0.58). After propensity score matching, the IS group experienced significantly lesser blood loss than the ES group (5 mL, IQR: 1-10 vs. 5 mL, IQR: 5-20; p = 0.03). Both groups experienced no local recurrence and demonstrated similar postoperative pulmonary functions after surgery. CONCLUSIONS: IS may be a feasible and acceptable therapeutic option for malignant lung tumors. Nonetheless, future investigations are required to further validate the current findings.
OBJECTIVES: Despite the ubiquitous utilization of anatomical sublobar resection for malignant lung tumors, the effectiveness and feasibility of subsegmentectomy remains unclear. This study therefore compared the perioperative outcomes between anatomical sublobar resection including (IS) and excluding (ES) subsegmentectomy. METHODS:Patients who had undergone anatomical sublobar resection at our institution from January 2013 to March 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. Clinicopathologic characteristics and perioperative outcomes of the IS group (n = 58) were then analyzed the compared to those of the ES group (n = 203). RESULTS: No statistically significant differences in age, sex, comorbidities, tumor location, preoperative pulmonary function, or tumor size on imaging were found between both groups. The IS group had significantly higher preoperative computed tomography-guided marking rates (40% vs. 18%; p < 0.01) and used significantly more staplers for intersegmental dissection than the ES group [4, interquartile range (IQR): 3-4 vs. 3, IQR: 3-4; p = 0.03]. Both groups had comparable 30-day mortality (0% vs. 0%; p > 0.99), intraoperative complications (7% vs. 10%; p = 0.61), and postoperative complications (5% vs. 8%; p = 0.58). After propensity score matching, the IS group experienced significantly lesser blood loss than the ES group (5 mL, IQR: 1-10 vs. 5 mL, IQR: 5-20; p = 0.03). Both groups experienced no local recurrence and demonstrated similar postoperative pulmonary functions after surgery. CONCLUSIONS: IS may be a feasible and acceptable therapeutic option for malignant lung tumors. Nonetheless, future investigations are required to further validate the current findings.