Division of the bronchus: an approach to the intraoperative management of difficult lymphadenopathy
A minimally invasive approach to lung cancer resection offers many benefits over traditional open surgery. Reasons for increased difficulty and conversion from thoracoscopic to open surgery have been studied and include abnormal hilar or interlobar lymphadenopathy. We present a case of adherent lymp...
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Published in | Journal of visualized surgery Vol. 2; p. 30 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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China
AME Publishing Company
2016
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Summary: | A minimally invasive approach to lung cancer resection offers many benefits over traditional open surgery. Reasons for increased difficulty and conversion from thoracoscopic to open surgery have been studied and include abnormal hilar or interlobar lymphadenopathy.
We present a case of adherent lymphadenopathy complicating dissection of the truncus anterior branch of the pulmonary artery during thoracoscopic left upper lobectomy.
We show one approach to the management of difficult lymphadenopathy and pulmonary arterial isolation, that of division without closure of the lobar bronchus to allow superior access to the branches of the pulmonary artery, followed by stapled closure of the bronchus.
While adherent lymphadenopathy is a vexing problem in thoracoscopic lobectomy, minimallyinvasive approaches are safe and effective. We show that division of the bronchus can improve exposure and allow safe dissection to proceed. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Contributions: (I) Conception and design: TA D’Amico; (II) Administrative support: JP Edwards, SS Balderson; (III) Provision of study materials or patients: TA D’Amico, SS Balderson; (IV) Collection and assembly of data: SS Balderson, JP Edwards; (V) Data analysis and interpretation: All authors; (VI) Manuscript writing: All authors; (VII) Final approval of manuscript: All authors. |
ISSN: | 2221-2965 2221-2965 |
DOI: | 10.3978/j.issn.2221-2965.2016.02.03 |