Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy with guillotine stapler technique for the second primary adenocarcinoma of the lung after immunotherapy
Dilara Gürsoy1,Özgür Samancılar2,Kutsal Turhan1
Current Thoracic Surgery
2023;8(3):148-150. (11 December 2023)
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
2Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medicana Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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Immunotherapy is gaining increasing attention as a neoadjuvant therapy for resectable non-small cell
lung cancer (NSCLC). We report a case with second primary lung adenocarcinoma that was applied
via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy with guillotine stapler technique after
treatment with immunotherapy in combination with chemotherapy. Although surgery is challenging
after immunotherapy, this particular case showed that the VATS approach may be safe and feasible in
experienced hands.
Keywords :
non-small cell lung cancer, neoadjuvant therapy, immunotherapy, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), nivolumab, lung resection
