Techniques for Treating Aberrant Arteries During Resection of Pulmonary Sequestration by Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: Report of Two Cases |
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Authors: | Shizuka Kaseda Teruhiro Aoki Kunihiko Shimizu Yutaka Nakamura Hideko Kiguchi |
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Institution: | (1) Departments of Thoracic Surgery,, JP;(2) Internal Medicine, and, JP;(3) Pathology, Saiseikai Kanagawa-ken Hospital, 6-6 Tomiya-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama 221-8601, Japan, JP |
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Abstract: | We describe the techniques we used for treating aberrant arteries during resection of pulmonary sequestration by video-assisted
thoracic surgery (VATS) in two patients. In patient 1, the aberrant artery was transected after securing six rows of staples
with a knifeless vascular endostapler. In patient 2, the aberrant artery was cut after ligation with special forceps that
designed by one of us (S.K.) to push a knot, tied outside the body, into the thoracic cavity, then ligate the suture. Left
lower lobectomy and right basal segmentectomy were both successfully performed by these methods. These two cases are reported
to show that VATS lobectomy is a feasible and minimally invasive technique of treating pulmonary sequestration and other diseases
of the lung.
Received: October 12, 2001 / Accepted: July 2, 2002
Reprint requests to: S. Kaseda |
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Keywords: | Sequestration Video-assisted thoracic surgery Endostapler |
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