Conservative treatment for residual lung congestion after left upper trisegmentectomy: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Currently, segmentectomy is the procedure of choice in approximately 10% of lung cancer surgeries in Japan. However, complications are often observed in that procedure. In particular, residual pulmonary congestion after segmentectomy often leads to surgical intervention.

Case description

We report a case of improved congestion in the residual lung after left upper trisegmentectomy (LUTS) with conservative treatment under careful observation. A 65-year-old man was diagnosed with bilateral lung cancer and initially underwent LUTS. On the next day after surgery, blood sputum was observed. Computed tomography (CT) showed consolidation in the lingual region of the left lung and stenosis of V4+5 in the left lung. The cause of the congestion was thought to be an isolated

SUBMITTER: Nagano T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10007881 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature