Thoracoscopic Pulmonary Lobectomy for Densely Fused Pulmonary Lobes in Children with Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation: Technical Tips | Zendy

Hiroyuki Koga | Zendy; Hiroki Nakamura | Zendy; Hiroshi Murakami | Zendy; Shunki Hirayama | Zendy; Kota Imashimizu | Zendy; Kinya Nishimura | Zendy; Kazuhiro Suzuki | Zendy; Ryohei Kuwatsuru | Zendy; Eiichi Inada | Zendy; Kenji Suzuki | Zendy; Atsuyuki Yamataka | Zendy

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Thoracoscopic Pulmonary Lobectomy for Densely Fused Pulmonary Lobes in Children with Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation: Technical Tips

Author(s) -

Hiroyuki Koga,

Hiroki Nakamura,

Hiroshi Murakami,

Shunki Hirayama,

Kota Imashimizu,

Kinya Nishimura,

Kazuhiro Suzuki,

Ryohei Kuwatsuru,

Eiichi Inada,

Kenji Suzuki,

Atsuyuki Yamataka

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of laparoendoscopic and advanced surgical techniques

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.588

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1557-9034

pISSN - 1092-6429

DOI - 10.1089/lap.2018.0168

Subject(s) - medicine , hilum (anatomy) , airway , bronchus , lung , surgery , radiology , respiratory disease

Thoracoscopic pulmonary lobectomy (TPL) is extremely challenging in cases where severe incomplete fissure causes densely fused pulmonary lobes (DFPL) since pulmonary arteries (PAs) are buried and completely concealed by DFPL. We describe TPL for DFPL including a technical tip to prevent pitfalls.

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