Grapatsas, Konstantinos; Papaporfyriou, Anastasia; Leivaditis, Vasileios; Ehle, Benjamin; Galanis, Michail (2022). Lung Metastatectomy: Can Laser-Assisted Surgery Make a Difference? Current oncology, 29(10), pp. 6968-6981. MDPI 10.3390/curroncol29100548
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BACKGROUND
Resection of lung metastases with curative intention in selected patients is associated with prolonged survival. Laser-assisted resection of lung metastases results in complete resection of a high number of lung metastases, while preserving lung parenchyma. However, data concerning laser lung resections are scarce and contradictory. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review to evaluate the utility of laser-assisted pulmonary metastasectomy.
METHODS
An electronic search in MEDLINE (via PubMed), complemented by manual searches in article references, was conducted to identify eligible studies.
RESULTS
Fourteen studies with a total of 1196 patients were included in this metanalysis. Laser-assisted surgery (LAS) for lung metastases is a safe procedure with a postoperative morbidity up to 24.2% and almost zero mortality. LAS resulted in the resection of a high number of lung metastases with reduction of the lung parenchyma loss in comparison with conventional resection methods. Survival was similar between LAS and conventional resections.
CONCLUSION
LAS allows radical lung-parenchyma saving resection of a high number of lung metastases with similar survival to conventional methods.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Review Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Thoracic Surgery |
UniBE Contributor: |
Galanis, Michail |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1718-7729 |
Publisher: |
MDPI |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
28 Oct 2022 10:40 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 16:27 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3390/curroncol29100548 |
PubMed ID: |
36290825 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
laser laser-assisted lung metastases metastases morbidity postoperative complications pulmonary metastasectomy |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/174222 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/174222 |
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