Uniportal Subcostal Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: A Feasible Approach for a Challenging Middle Lobectomy in an Obese Patient

Subcostal access is a novel approach for anatomical lung resection. To perform surgery via this access, specially designed long instruments are required. Subcostal access provides excellent visualization of the mediastinum and anterior lung hilum. We exhibit here a subcostal middle lobectomy with sy...

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Main Authors: Samer Al Sawalhi, Deping Zhao, Haomin Cai, Yuxing Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5906295