Segmental bronchial atresia of the left upper lobe treated with segmental resection under video-assisted thoracic surgery.
We report our experience of segmental bronchial atresia managed with segmental resection under video-assisted thoracic surgery. A 23-year-old woman reporting a cough, dyspnea, and back pain underwent segmental resection in which a stapling device was used under video-assisted thoracic surgery. Her postoperative course was uneventful with minimal pain and a disappearance of preoperative symptoms after surgery. Once an accurate preoperative diagnosis can be established, video-assisted thoracic segmentectomy together with the use of a stapling device is considered to be feasible.
Tsuchida
M
M
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan.
Aoki
K
K
Hashimoto
T
T
Yamato
Y
Y
Hayashi
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted