%0 Journal Article
%T Standardizing the time-honored wedge resection
%A Bryan M. Burt
%A Hyun-Sung Lee
%A Masatsugu Hamaji
%A So Miyahara
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2018
%R 10.21037/jtd.2018.06.155
%X Wedge resection for pulmonary malignancy may be one of the most unappreciated yet commonly performed thoracic surgical procedures. This non-anatomic resection of the lung is indicated in patients with clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who are considered to have risk preclusive of lobectomy. In the past decade, stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) has emerged as a viable option for the same indication (1,2)
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