Ongoing prospective study of segmentectomy for small lung tumors Noriaki Tsubota, MD, Kimiyoshi Ayabe, MD, Osamu Doi, MD, Takashi Mori, MD, Shouji Namikawa, MD, Toshihiko Taki, MD, Yo Watanabe, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 66, Issue 5, Pages 1787-1790 (November 1998) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00819-4
Fig 1 Five-year survival rate for patients who underwent an extended segmentectomy for small lung tumors. The follow-up period was 47.2 ± 11 months (mean ± SD). In the 3 patients who died, the first site of recurrence was an adjacent segment (1), bilateral pulmonary nodules (2), and contralateral pulmonary nodules (3). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 66, 1787-1790DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00819-4)