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Subcostal Specimen Removal in Completely Portal Robotic Lobectomy
Published on: April 19, 2024
Left lower sleeve lobectomy and systematic lymph node dissection by complete video-assisted thoracic surgery
Jun-Qiang Fan1, Jie Yao1, Zhi-Bo Chang1
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China.
Abstract:
Sleeve lobectomy for selected cases of central lung cancer has better functional outcomes comparing to pneumonectomy. With improved technology and increased experiences in complete video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy, complete VATS sleeve lobectomy has been applied in major medical centers recently. A 64-year-old male patient with left lower central lung cancer underwent thoracoscopic sleeve lobectomy and systemic mediastinal lymph node dissection. The major incision, of four incisions in total, was a 4 cm mini-incision in the 4th intercostal space of anterior axillary line. The patient had recovered uneventfully after the surgery.
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