[Application of Curved Stapler for Pulmonary Wedge Resection]

End stapler is one of the indispensable devices for pulmonary resections. Various surgical staplers are now available and appropriate types are selected to dissect pulmonary parenchyma, vessel, or bronchus. In this study, we retrospectively reviewed the patients who received pulmonary wedge resections using newly released curved stapler (Endo GIA Radial Reload with Tri-Staple technology). Between April 2013 and October 2014, 10 lesions from the 9 patients were resected using the curved staplers. The reasons for the application of the staplers were pleuro-pulmonary adhesion in 3 lesions and centrally location in 7 lesions. There was no intraoperative complication. After the operations, temporary residual lobe congestion caused by the pulmonary vein stenosis was developed in 1 patient.