Lung surgery planning without a tube, using X-ray guidance
Part of Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This trial looks at a new way to plan a minimally invasive lung segment removal (“segmentectomy”) using live X-ray guidance, without using a chest tube (“tubeless”). It may help patients with certain small lung lesions (sometimes early lung cancer) get the surgery more precisely.
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Who can take part
- You can safely tolerate minimally invasive lung surgery (VATS or robotic surgery), based on heart/lung testing
- Your lung problem is a benign (non-cancer) lesion that is being considered for segmentectomy, or
- You may have lung adenocarcinoma that is 2 cm or smaller with “ground-glass” areas, and your team is considering segmentectomy
- Your planned surgery must include a segmentectomy (not a different surgery type)
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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