title: Video-assisted thoracoscopic resection for destroyed lung.
abstract: Advances in surgical techniques have indicated that video-assisted thoracoscopic pneumonectomy is a safe alternative to open pneumonectomy. However, indications for video-assisted thoracoscopic pneumonectomy are controversial. We describe two patients who underwent left pneumonectomy because of destroyed lungs and speculated about the tight adhesions, enlarged lymph nodes, enlarged bronchial vessels, and access incisions. Two patients were operated by two different approaches mainly; anterior and posterior, because of the degree of contralateral lung herniation. Both of them experienced a safe perioperative period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul Medical School, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. atoker@istanbul.edu.tr
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toker
authors.forename: Suat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erus
authors.forename: Serhan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanju
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted