Uncommon anomalies of the left pulmonary artery during VATS lobectomy for lung cancer
Dario Amore1, Umberto Caterino2, Dino Casazza1
1Department of Thoracic Surgery Monaldi Hospital Naples Italy.
Clinical Case Reports
|June 25, 2020
Abstract:
The key to avoid intraoperative complications due to failure in the preoperative detection of pulmonary vascular anomalies is to perform a careful hilar dissection.
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