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Details of pulmonary metastasectomy
| Characteristics | No. of patients |
|---|---|
| Approach | |
| Thoracotomy | 8 (14%) |
| VATS | 51 (86%) |
| Type of resection | |
| Bilobectomy | 1 (2%) |
| Lobectomy | 20 (34%) |
| Segmentectomy | 10 (17%) |
| Partial resection | 28 (47%) |
| Lymph node dissection | |
| Not done | 32 (54%) |
| Sampling | 12 (20%) |
| Hilar | 13 (22%) |
| Mediastinal | 2 (3%) |
VATS video assisted thoracic surgery
