A dangerous venous variation in thoracoscopic right lower lobectomy.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.08.051.
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Abstract
Anatomical variations of the pulmonary vessels present a potential risk of intraoperative bleeding and damage to pulmonary circulation during pulmonary resection. We present details of a dangerous variation of the superior pulmonary vein associated with thoracoscopic right lower lobectomy that could potentially be divided if there was no preoperative foreknowledge of individual vessel configurations.
Medical subject headings
- Adenocarcinoma
- Lung Neoplasms
- Pneumonectomy
- Pulmonary Veins
- Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed