Medial-basal segment (S7)-sparing right basal segmentectomy

Toshiki Yajima; Kimihiro Shimizu; Akira Mogi; Takayuki Kosaka; Seshiru Nakazawa; Ken Shirabe

doi:10.1007/s11748-019-01116-4

Medial-basal segment (S⁷)-sparing right basal segmentectomy

Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Mar;68(3):306-309. doi: 10.1007/s11748-019-01116-4. Epub 2019 Apr 1.

Authors

Toshiki Yajima¹, Kimihiro Shimizu², Akira Mogi¹, Takayuki Kosaka¹, Seshiru Nakazawa¹, Ken Shirabe¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Integrative Center of General Surgery, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan.
² Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Integrative Center of General Surgery, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan. kmshimizu@gmail.com.

PMID: 30937818
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-019-01116-4

Abstract

The technique of medial-basal segment (S⁷)-sparing basal segmentectomy has not previously been reported. Herein we report the technical details of thoracoscopic anatomical basal segmentectomy preserving S⁷ in patients with B⁷ab branching pattern.

Keywords: Complete video-assisted thoracic surgery; Medial-basal segment-sparing; Segmentectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Bronchi / diagnostic imaging
Bronchi / surgery
Bronchography
Female
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
Middle Aged
Pneumonectomy / methods*
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed