Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic combined segmentectomy for lung cancer with incomplete fissure

J Thorac Dis. 2017 Apr;9(4):1140-1143. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.03.78.

Abstract

This video clip demonstrated a performance of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery combined segmentectomy. The patient had a potential invasive nodule located near the bifurcation of right bronchus, 3-dimensional reconstruction image showed the fissure between posterior segment of upper lobe and superior segment of lower lobe was incomplete. An up-to-down approach was applied in this operation with the en bloc resection of the two segments. Pathological report was adenocarcinoma with negative margin (TNM stage: T1aN0M0).

Keywords: Uniportal; lung cancer; segmentectomy; video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).