As CT has advanced to detect smaller lung cancers, the trend in surgery is toward lesser lobar resections. This detailed guide to segmentectomy offers hundreds of color illustrations showing the precise segmental anatomies for each pattern of the procedure.

Advances in CT have enabled us to detect small lung cancers, which has changed the lung cancer surgery from lobectomy to a lesser lobar resection such as a segmentectomy or wedge resection. While wedge resection is a simple procedure, it has a higher risk of local recurrence of cancer than a lobectomy. On the other hand, segmentectomy is a well known curative surgery for small lung cancers. However, it is difficult to perform accurately because of its anatomical complexity, which makes surgeons hesitant to use it. The book Illustrated Anatomical Segmentectomy for Lung Cancer provides readers a detailed explanation of segmentectomy with numerous easy-to-understand color illustrations showing the precise segmental anatomies for each pattern of the procedure. To better illustrate an accurate anatomical segmentectomy, the text shows details of anatomy during segmentectomy. This can involve up to 25 patterns, each of which is shown in roughly 10 illustrations.

Easy-to-understand illustrations showing accurate anatomies of each segment All 25 patterns of lung segmentectomy are covered Key resource for surgeons interested in segmentectomy as curative surgery for small lung cancers

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Part I General Statement.- Chapter 1 Nomenclature of Segments .- Chapter 2 General Knock of Segmentectomy.- Part II Details of Technique.- Chapter 3 Segmentectomy of the Right Upper Lobe.- Chapter 4 Segmentectomy of the Right Lower Lobe.- Chapter 5 Segmentectomy of the Left Upper Lobe.- Chapter 6 Segmentectomy of the Left Lower Lobe.- Chapter 7 Sleeve Segmentectomy.- Bibliography.