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Subcostal Specimen Removal in Completely Portal Robotic Lobectomy
Published on: April 19, 2024
Uniportal thoracoscopic left main bronchus resection with new lobar carina reconstruction
Edoardo Mercadante1, Gabriele Alessandrini1, Daniele Forcella1
1Thoracic Surgery Unit, Experimental Clinical Oncology Department, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute of Rome, Italy.
Abstract:
Isolated endobronchial tumors of the left main bronchus are quite rare. They are treated by surgical resection, preferably using lung-sparing techniques, when possible. These procedures are technically challenging and are usually performed through a standard thoracotomy. This video tutorial shows a left main bronchus sleeve resection with distal lobar carina reconstruction, performed through a uniportal thoracoscopic approach, for a typical carcinoid tumor of the distal left main bronchus.

