Video-assisted thoracoscopic superior segmentectomy of the right lower lobe.

J Thorac Dis

1 The Nursing College of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China ; 2 Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China ; 3 Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.

Published: June 2016

A 61-year-old male patient was referred to the thoracic surgery department due to repeated hemoptysis for more than one year. The computed tomography revealed a 5.2 cm × 3.1 cm mass in the right lower lobe and the nature of the mass was confirmed to be chronic inflammation by trans percutaneous lung biopsy. Bronchiectasis of the right lower lobe was considered based on the symptoms, signs, and imaging findings. Surgery for bronchiectasis is used only as part of a multimodality treatment approach. After the adequate pretreatment with a targeted antimicrobial, thoracoscopic resection of superior segment of the right lower pulmonary lobe was finally performed in the order of the superior segmental artery, the superior segmental vein, the superior segmental bronchus, and the pulmonary tissues of the superior segment. Total surgery time was 70 min and blood loss was 100 mL. The chest tube was removed on the 3(th) postoperative day. The patient was discharged home on the 8(th) postoperative day.

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