Left upper lobectomy with pulmonary artery reconstruction after neoadjuvant therapy in re-VATS

Abstract

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is considered the gold standard for the treatment of early stage non-small-cell lung cancer. Many studies have demonstrated reduced postoperative pain, hospital stay, and morbidity, while achieving the same oncological results. Indeed, it has become a widespread technique in many countries around the world. VATS can be applied also to challenging surgical procedures, such as plasty of the pulmonary artery, to obtain an oncologically radical resection of the tumor, and in the context of an N2 disease even after a previous operation on the thorax. In this case report, we demonstrate how to carry out this procedure safely to achieve radical resection of the diseased tissue.

Keywords: Left pulmonary artery plasty; Left upper lobectomy; Lung cancer; Minimally invasive surgery; VATS.