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Thoracoscopic lung segmentectomy simulated by a tailor-made virtual lung: computed bronchography and angiography
Tadashi Akiba1, Toshiaki Morikawa, Takao Ohki
1Department of Surgery, Jikei University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. akiba@jikei.ac.jp
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
|December 22, 2012
Abstract:
We describe the benefits of simulating an anatomical lung segmentectomy using multidetector computed tomography bronchography and angiography (tailor-made virtual lung). Preoperative determination of the anatomical intersegmental plane is possible by visualizing the segmental bronchi and pulmonary vein branches. This advanced technique could be useful during thoracoscopic anatomical segmentectomy for lung cancer.

