Lobectomy for lung cancer by video-assisted thoracic surgery in situs inversus.
A 62-year-old man with situs inversus totalis and non-small-cell lung cancer underwent a right lower lobectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Lobectomy in a situs inversus totalis patient can be performed safely using this minimally invasive procedure. Preoperative evaluation of the pulmonary artery and veins by three-dimensional computed tomography and the bronchial tree by bronchoscopy, is essential to avoid unanticipated complications during the procedure.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Abdillah N
AN
Juma
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Yan-Qing
YQ
Wang
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Yun
Y
Chen
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Xiong
X
Peng
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Yuan
Y
Zhou
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Wei
W
Zhuang
D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Cancer; Lung neoplasms; Pneumonectomy; Situs inversus; Thoracic surgery; non-small-cell lung; video-assisted