The arterial-ligation-alone method for identifying the intersegmental plane during thoracoscopic anatomic segmentectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Currently, methods for identifying the intersegmental plane during anatomical segmentectomy can be classified into 2 categories: the bronchial method and the vascular method. One of the vascular methods, the arterial-ligation-alone method, has not yet been validated or objectively evaluated in a large case series. We thus aimed to confirm that the arterial-ligation-alone method could effectively and accurately identify the intersegmental plane.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed the records of 104 patients who were scheduled for thoracoscopic anatomic segmentectomy. Preoperative three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction was performed on all the affected lungs to distinguish the targeted segmental arteries, veins and bronchi. The procedure was as follows: first, based

SUBMITTER: Fu HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7330350 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature