title: Wedge resection of the bronchial corner at the bifurcation of the lobar bronchi for a low-grade bronchial tumor.
abstract: We experienced a case of wedge resection of the bronchus for a bronchial carcinoid of the left upper bronchus located near the bifurcation of the upper and lower lobar bronchi. Bronchial resection was performed longitudinally including the bronchial corner of the upper and lower lobar bronchi, and the length of resected bronchus from the bronchial corner to distant sites was made nearly equal. The presented procedure is useful as a parenchyma-preserving bronchial resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiromasa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toyooka
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyoshi
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed