title: Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic left basilar segmentectomy.
abstract: Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has recently been introduced as an acceptable alternative to the traditional three-port VATS. Uniportal VATS lobectomy and segmentectomy actually gained increasing popularity. Until now there have been few reports about uniportal VATS basilar segmentectomy; we herein reported our experience with a patient who suffered from recurrent hemoptysis with 1-cm nodule in the basilar segment of the left lower lobe. A left basilar segmentectomy was performed through a single port. Operating time was 90 minutes, and postoperative course was uneventful. Pathology revealed cryptococcosis. Follow-up at 6 months after surgery demonstrated a normal chest computed tomographic (CT) scan and complete recovery without complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Gening
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jiang
keywords: Lobectomy; postoperative complications; segmentectomy; surgery/incisions/exposure/techniques; thoracoscopy/video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS); wedge resection