Simultaneous stapling of pulmonary vein and bronchus in video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy.
We present the case of a 66-year-old female who had undergone pulmonary wedge resection for diagnosis and followed by a radical lobectomy for the treatment of the primary lung cancer. We performed a left upper lobectomy through Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS), we successfully adapted simultaneous stapling technique to division of both pulmonary vein and lobar bronchus which were densely adhered each other because of the previous surgery.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China; Department of Thoracic Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Guangliang
G
Qiang
Jun
J
Nakajima
D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D017792:Surgical Stapling; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D000267:Tissue Adhesions; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome