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A video-assisted right upper lobectomy was successfully performed on a 58-year-old man with an anomalnous segmental pulmonary vein. The tumor was a peripherally located adenocarcinoma. The anomalous vein behind the right main bronchus was identified and safely divided. This case emphasized that to perform this procedure successfully, (1) a careful preoperative evaluation of the anatomy, including the presence of any possible vascular and/or bronchial anomalies, is necessary, and (2) if any anatomical structures cannot be determined intraoperatively, a conversion into an open procedure must immediately be undertaken.
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Tsuboi, M., Asamura, H., Naruke, T. et al. A VATS lobectomy for lung cancer in a patient with an anomalous pulmonary vein: Report of a case. Surg Today 27, 1074–1076 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02385792
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02385792