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Pulmonary vein anatomical variation during videothoracoscopy-assisted surgical lobectomy

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An Erratum to this article was published on 23 May 2017

Abstract

Purpose

Anatomical variations of pulmonary veins, even though not rare, have important role, especially in patients undergoing lung surgery. We present a case of a single common pulmonary venous drainage of the left upper and lower lobe of the lung.

Method/result

The common trunk of the left superior and inferior pulmonary vein was misidentified as an inferior pulmonary vein, and it was transected during surgery.

Conclusion

The surgeon must always be aware of this anomaly and carefully verify the normal anatomical structures before dividing them while performing an upper or lower lobectomy.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, G. Papanikolaou Hospital, 15-17 Agiou Evgeniou str, 55133, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Asouhidou Irene

  2. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, G. Papanikolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Karaiskos Theodoros

  3. Department of Anatomy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Asouhidou Irene & Natsis Konstantinos

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An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00276-017-1872-5.

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Irene, A., Theodoros, K. & Konstantinos, N. Pulmonary vein anatomical variation during videothoracoscopy-assisted surgical lobectomy. Surg Radiol Anat 39, 229–231 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-016-1719-5

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