title: A technique for retrieving a lung lobe in a bag from a small wound during thoracoscopic surgery.
abstract: We herein describe our technique for removing lung specimens during thoracoscopic resection. This technique allows extraction of intact lung specimens through a small incision. We believe that it is feasible, can be easily and rapidly performed, and facilitates thoracoscopic lung resection by reducing the technical difficulties involved in specimen removal; we also think that it may be used in other thoracoscopic interventions.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, 2-2-2 Iida-Nishi, Yamagata, 990-9585, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oizumi
authors.forename: Hirohisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukaya
authors.forename: Mitsuaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sadahiro
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*; D013906:Thoracoscopy