Uniportal VATS Bilobectomy and Superior Lower Lobe Segmentectomy

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Big lung cancer (adenocarcinoma) located at right upper lobe involving middle and segment 6 was evaluated for surgery. The patient was treated with induction chemotherapy and proposed for thoracoscopic surgery. Uniportal VATS right upper and middle lobectomy with superior segmentectomy of lower lobe was performed. The incision was enlarged at the end of surgery to remove a 10 cm size tumor. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged with no complications.
Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation department
Coruña University Hospital, Coruña, Spain.

tags: bilobectomy lower lobe segmentectomy uniportal vats VATS


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