Resection of indeterminate @entity358 in @entity1 with a history of @entity5 is indicated, as the presence of @entity3 will provide prognostic information and often dictate further therapy. Pulmonary metastasectomy also improves survival in select @entity1 with favorable @entity5 histologies. We reported the results of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) resection of indeterminate lung nodules in 72 @entity1 with a history of @entity5 . All lesions identified on preoperative high-resolution CT scan were found at surgery with @entity227 , or (in 13 cases) CT-guided needle localization. All lesions were resected nonanatomically with a rim of normal parenchyma, as is done with open techniques; 63 @entity1 were found to have @entity3 and 9 @entity1 had benign disease. There was no mortality, minimal morbidity, and decreased hospital stays in @entity1 undergoing VATS resection compared with historical control subjects. These data and other reports have led to the widespread use of VATS for @entity1 undergoing resection to establish a diagnosis. The role of VATS in @entity1 with favorable @entity5 histology and limited @entity5 burden for whom metastasectomy may result in a survival advantage remains controversial. Improved image resolution with spiral CT scans and digital palpation, combined with intraoperative ultrasound examination of the lung, may decrease or eliminate the number of lesions missed with a VATS approach. The role of therapeutic VATS metastasectomy remains to be defined. Thus, this procedure currently should be used only in clinical trials.

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for resection of lung XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity227 :: ('MESH:D014786', 'Disease') :: ['visual inspection, digital palpation'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor', 'malignancy'] @entity358 :: ('MESH:D008171', 'Disease') :: ['pulmonary lesions'] @entity3 :: ('MESH:D009362', 'Disease') :: ['metastases']
@entity3 :: (MESH:D009362,Disease) :: ['metastases']
