Video-assisted thoracoscopic resection for intralobar pulmonary sequestration

Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Jan;57(1):46-8. doi: 10.1007/s11748-008-0318-8. Epub 2009 Jan 22.

Abstract

Video-assisted thoracoscopic treatment of intralobar pulmonary sequestration in an obese (120 kg, body mass index 42) young man is described. Two aberrant arteries originating from the descending thoracic aorta were transected with a vascular stapler, and a left lower lobectomy was successfully performed thoracoscopically. Three-dimensional chest computed tomography was used to identify the aberrant vessels. Video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy is useful and minimally invasive for treating pulmonary sequestration, especially in obese patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / complications
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / pathology
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Obesity / complications
  • Pneumonectomy / methods*
  • Surgical Stapling
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome