Open AccessLeft lower lobectomy and partial preservation of segmental arteries of left upper lobe: A strategy to avoid pneumonectomy in selected cases
Author(s) -
Amore Dario,
Casazza Dino,
Bergaminelli Carlo,
Cicalese Marcellino,
Massa Simona,
Saglia Alessandro,
Imitazione Pasquale,
Rispoli Marco,
Nespoli Moana,
Curcio Carlo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
thoracic cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1759-7714
pISSN - 1759-7706
DOI - 10.1111/1759-7714.13155
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonectomy , lung cancer , left lung , lobe , lung , parenchyma , pulmonary artery , radiology , surgery , anatomy , pathology
In this article we report two cases of left lower lobe lung cancer undergoing a surgical procedure that allowed the preservation of lung parenchyma and avoided pneumonectomy. The first case concerned a left lower lobe non‐small cell lung cancer with extracapsular spread in a metastatic interlobar lymph node and the second a left lower lobe lung cancer with invasion of the pulmonary artery at the origin of lobar branches to the lower lobe. In both cases, a lung‐sparing surgical treatment was preferred and a left lower lobectomy was performed with division of lingular arteries and the interlobar artery, preserving the remaining arterial branches to the upper lobe.