title: Video-assisted thoracoscopic segmentectomy of lingual segment of the left upper pulmonary lobe for chronic focal bronchiectasis.
abstract: A 46-year-old male patient was admitted into the hospital due to repeated hemoptysis for more than seven months. Bronchiectasis of the left upper lobe was considered based on the symptoms, signs, and imaging findings. Thoracoscopic resection of lingual segment of the left upper pulmonary lobe was finally performed in the order of the lingual segmental vein, the lingual segmental bronchus, the lingual segmental artery, and the pulmonary tissues of the lingual segment. Total surgery time was 60 min and blood loss was 40 mL. The chest tube was removed on the 4th postoperative day. The patient was discharged home on the 8(th) postoperative day.
authors.affiliation: 1 The Nursing College of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China ; 2 Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.
authors.forename: Xue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: 1 The Nursing College of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China ; 2 Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: 1 The Nursing College of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China ; 2 Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.
authors.forename: Xiangnan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: 1 The Nursing College of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China ; 2 Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: 1 The Nursing College of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China ; 2 Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.
authors.forename: Dengyan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: 1 The Nursing College of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China ; 2 Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.
authors.forename: Chunyang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: 1 The Nursing College of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China ; 2 Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
keywords: Video-assisted thoracic surgery; bronchiectasis; segmentectomy