| First author [ref.] | Study design | Patients n | Stage | Tumour size cm | Follow-up months | Mode of sublobar resection | Mortality % | Intraoperative mediastinal lymph node evaluation % | Overall 5-year survival % | Local recurrence % |
| Donahue [47] | Retrospective | 113 | Any (IA: n=63) | Mean: 2.1 | Median: 24 | Segmentectomy | 0 | 100 | IA: 79 | IA: 12.7 |
| Schuchert [48] | Retrospective | 325 | IA (T1a) | Not reported | Mean: 31.8 | Segmentectomy | 1.1 | 100 | 77# | 5.2 |
| El-Sherif [49] | Retrospective | 207 | I | Median: 1.8 | Median: 31 | Segmentectomy: n=85 Wedge resection: n=122 | 1.4 | 57 | 40 | 7.2 |
| Wolf [50] | Retrospective | 154 | IA (T1a) | Not reported | Not reported | Segmentectomy: n=24 Wedge resection: n=130 | 0.6 | 29 | 59 | 16 |
| Landreneau [51] | Retrospective | Open: 42 VATS: 60 | IA | Open wedge resection: median 1.7 VATS: median 1.9 | Open wedge resection: median 29 VATS: median 24 | Wedge resection | 0 | 0 | Open wedge resection: 58 VATS: 65 | Open wedge resection: 24 VATS: 16 |
| Sienel [52] | Retrospective | 87 | IA | 1.9 | 45 | Segmentectomy: n=56 Wedge resection: n=31 | 0 | 100 | Segmentectomy: 71¶ Wedge: 48¶ | Segmentectomy: 16% Wedge: 55% |
VATS: video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. #: free from recurrence; ¶: cancer-related 5-year survival.