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Treatment of pulmonary sequestration by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)
J Loscertales1, M Congregado, A Arroyo
1Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Avenue Dr. Fedriani 3, 41074 Seville, Spain. jloscert@us.es
Surgical Endoscopy
|June 12, 2003
Abstract:
Pulmonary sequestration is a rare malformation of the respiratory tract that accounts for 0.15-6.4% of all congenital lung anomalies. Treatment requires resection of the lesion, provided that there is no technical contraindication. The lesion should first be evaluated using video thoracoscopy and then resected whenever possible by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). We report a case of extralobar pulmonary sequestration in a 48-year-old woman. She underwent lobectomy by VATS and achieved an excellent outcome.