Thoracoscopic completion right lower lobectomy after anteromedial basilar segmentectomy in early-stage lung cancer

Yu-Wei Liu; Shah-Hwa Chou; Jen-Yu Hung; Chieh-Ni Kao; Po-Chih Chang

doi:10.1111/1759-7714.13036

Thoracoscopic completion right lower lobectomy after anteromedial basilar segmentectomy in early-stage lung cancer

Thorac Cancer. 2019 May;10(5):1267-1271. doi: 10.1111/1759-7714.13036. Epub 2019 Mar 12.

Authors

Yu-Wei Liu¹, Shah-Hwa Chou^{1

2}, Jen-Yu Hung³, Chieh-Ni Kao¹, Po-Chih Chang¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
² Department of Surgery, Pingtung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Pingtung, Taiwan.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Abstract

This report describes the surgical management of a male patient with early-stage lung cancer who underwent thoracoscopic completion right lower lobectomy after previously undergoing sublobar resection for multifocal ground glass nodules of the lung. Perioperative considerations associated with the management of dense pulmonary hilar adhesions and the techniques used are discussed.

Keywords: Completed lobectomy; VATS; reoperation; segmentectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Combined Modality Therapy
Disease Management
Humans
Intraoperative Period
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Pneumonectomy* / methods
Retreatment
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted* / methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed