Long-term survival with multiple metastasectomies for pulmonary osteosarcoma: a case report

Surgical Case Reports

Table 1 A summary of the patient’s findings during follow-up and the various treatments undertaken

Time from the primary surgery (years)	Approach	Treatment	Device	No. of tumors	Right	Left
X + 4	PLT	Bilateral partial resection^a	Nd-YAG laser	116	55	61
X + 10	PLT	Bilateral partial resection^a	Nd-YAG laser	69	18	51
X + 13	PLT	Right S6b subsegmentectomy and partial resection^a	Electrocautery	55	55
X + 15	FWT	Left partial resection	Electrocautery	3		3
X + 17	FWT	Right partial resection^a Radiofrequency ablation (deep lesion)	Vessel sealing system	1	1
X + 19		Radiation therapy (hilar lesion) 60 Gy/8 Fr
X + 23	PLT	Right S9 + 10 segmentectomy and partial resection^a	Ultrasonic coagulating sears	5	5

PLT posterolateral thoracotomy, FWT French window thoracotomy, Nd-YAG laser neodymium:yttrium–aluminum-garnet laser
^aPulmonary partial resection was performed without stapling