title: A case of thoracoscopic bilateral lung volume reduction surgery in a supine position.
abstract: We present a case of thoracoscopic bilateral lung volume reduction surgery performed with the patient in a supine position. By rotating the operative table, bilateral apical resection could be performed without difficulty. The duration of the operation was 160 minutes and the patient's forced expiratory volume in 1 second improved from 0.81 l to 2.49 l.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Okayama University School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Date
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Endou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aoe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andou
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016683:Supine Position; D013906:Thoracoscopy