title: Middle lobe preservation and fixation: right upper and lower sleeve bilobectomy. How to do it.
abstract: We herein report the case of a 65-year-old female with primary lung cancer who underwent a right upper and lower sleeve bilobectomy. The radiological findings revealed that the tumor was located in the superior segment of the right lower lobe and had invaded the posterior segment of the upper lobe and the truncus intermedius. We performed a right upper and lower sleeve bilobectomy. A latissimus dorsi flap was utilized to separate the thoracic cavity into upper and lower portions, and the preserved middle lobe was fixed in the upper portion to prevent torsion. Postoperative radiography showed good expansion of the middle lobe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moriyama
authors.forename: Motoki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: Hidefumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hikosaka
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokota
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed