title: Pulmonary arterioplasty using video-assisted thoracic surgery mechanical suture technique.
abstract: Lung cancer invading pulmonary trunk is a locally advanced condition, which may indicate poor prognosis. Surgical resection of the lesion can significantly improve survival for some patients. Lobectomy/Pneumonectomy with pulmonary arterioplasty via thoracotomy were generally accepted and used in the past. As the rapid development of minimally invasive techniques and devices, pulmonary arterioplasty is feasible via video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). However, few studies have reported the VATS surgical techniques. In this study, we reported the techniques of pulmonary arterioplasty via VATS.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China ; 2 Guangzhou Research Institute of Respiratory Disease, China State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, China ; 3 National Centre for Clinical Trials on Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou 510120, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China ; 2 Guangzhou Research Institute of Respiratory Disease, China State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, China ; 3 National Centre for Clinical Trials on Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou 510120, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China ; 2 Guangzhou Research Institute of Respiratory Disease, China State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, China ; 3 National Centre for Clinical Trials on Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou 510120, China.
authors.forename: Weiqiang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China ; 2 Guangzhou Research Institute of Respiratory Disease, China State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, China ; 3 National Centre for Clinical Trials on Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou 510120, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China ; 2 Guangzhou Research Institute of Respiratory Disease, China State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, China ; 3 National Centre for Clinical Trials on Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou 510120, China.
authors.forename: Hanzhang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China ; 2 Guangzhou Research Institute of Respiratory Disease, China State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, China ; 3 National Centre for Clinical Trials on Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou 510120, China.
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China ; 2 Guangzhou Research Institute of Respiratory Disease, China State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, China ; 3 National Centre for Clinical Trials on Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou 510120, China.
authors.forename: Jianxing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
keywords: Lung cancer; arterioplasty; pulmonary artery; surgery; video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)