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Robotic-assisted Left Pneumonectomy For Vanishing Lung Syndrome
Published on: January 23, 2026
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for intralobar pulmonary sequestration
Dimitrios Avgerinos1, Angelo Reyes, Eduardo Plantilla
1Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, First Avenue at 16th Street, New York, New York, USA. davgerin@chpnet.org.
Introduction:
Intralobar pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital abnormality of the lower respiratory system, which becomes symptomatic early in life. Standard treatment consists of wedge resection or lobectomy through a thoracotomy.
Case Presentation:
We report on an unusual case of a 36-year-old female patient with intralobar pulmonary sequestration on the right lower lobe, which was treated with video-assisted thoracic surgery. The case is presented along with literature review.
Conclusion:
VATS wedge resection is a great alternative to the traditional thoracotomy for the treatment of intralobar pulmonary sequestrations.
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