Combination of endobronchial bronchoscopic debulking and bronchoplastic segmentectomy of an obstructive neuroendocrine tumour: probably the least invasive approach |
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| Authors: | Vladimir Mé gevand,Jon A Lutz,Gregor J Kocher,Philippe Dumont |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Surgery, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland;2.Thoracic Unit, Department of Surgery, Hôpital Cantonal de Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland;3.Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Inselspital Bern, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland;4.Department of Internal Medicine and Pneumology, Hôpital Cantonal de Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland |
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| Abstract: | ![]()
We report the case of a female patient with an obstructing well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumour in the apical segment of the completely atelectatic right lower lobe. Bronchoscopic debulking of the tumour lead to re-ventilation of the remaining lobe, allowing to perform a lung-sparing bronchoplastic resection of the affected segment by uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery. |
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| Keywords: | Neuroendocrine tumour Endoscopic debulking Uniportal segmentectomy Bronchoplasty |
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