No data available.
Please log in to see this content.
You have no subscription access to this content.
The full text of this article is not currently available.
Rent:
Rent this article for
JPY
Abstract
A 69-year-old man and a 53-year-old man with lung cancer of left upper lobe underwent pulmonaryresection. A preoperative chest computed tomography( CT) scan showed the left superior and inferiorpulmonary veins forming a common trunk. In the former case, the common trunk was misidentified asthe superior pulmonary vein. The latter was recognized preoperatively by using 3-dimensional CT, andsuccessfully performed left superior segmentectomy. This variation type is surgically important becauseof a potential risk of intraoperative bleeding and damage to pulmonary circulation during pulmonaryresection.
Full text loading...
/content/article/0021-5252/63100/915