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Thoracoscopic right middle lobe segmentectomy

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Reports of right middle lobe segmentectomy are rare. We report here that anatomical right middle lobe segmentectomy is a relatively simple surgical procedure and can achieve good expansion of the remnant lung for patients with a relatively large right middle lobe.

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  1. Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Integrative Center of General Surgery, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan

    Toshiki Yajima, Kimihiro Shimizu, Akira Mogi, Takayuki Kosaka, Seshiru Nakazawa & Ken Shirabe

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Correspondence to Kimihiro Shimizu.

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Yajima, T., Shimizu, K., Mogi, A. et al. Thoracoscopic right middle lobe segmentectomy. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 67, 344–347 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-018-0964-4

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