[Study of 11 Cases of Surgical Treatment for Pulmonary Sequestration]

Pulmonary sequestration was first described by Pryce in 1946. It is a developmental abnormality of the lung, in which a portion of lung tissue is isolated from the normal lung and receives blood supply from an anomalous artery branching off the body's circulatory system. In recent years, advances in diagnostic imaging, particularly computed tomography (CT), have made the preoperative diagnosis of pulmonary sequestration more straightforward. Thoracoscopic surgery has increasingly been used for treatment;however, there is still no definitive evidence regarding the extent of resection or the use of automatic suturing devices for the dissection of abnormal arteries. In this report, we summarize the cases of pulmonary sequestration treated surgically at our hospital and discuss the clinical presentation and surgical techniques.