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Thoracoscopic Extended Right Middle Plus Lower Sleeve Lobectomy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Published on: February 27, 2026
Lobectomy for lung cancer by video-assisted thoracic surgery in situs inversus
Abdillah N Juma1, Yan-Qing Wang1, Yun Chen1
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Abstract:
A 62-year-old man with situs inversus totalis and non-small-cell lung cancer underwent a right lower lobectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Lobectomy in a situs inversus totalis patient can be performed safely using this minimally invasive procedure. Preoperative evaluation of the pulmonary artery and veins by three-dimensional computed tomography and the bronchial tree by bronchoscopy, is essential to avoid unanticipated complications during the procedure.

