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Cost-saving simultaneous stapling of the right superior vein and the anterior trunk of the right pulmonary artery during right upper lobectomy

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In right upper lobectomy, there are a variety of access incisions, surgical instruments, intraoperative strategies, and perioperative treatment approaches. We describe a safe, effective, and cost-saving technique to simultaneously staple the individually dissected right superior pulmonary vein and anterior trunk of the right main pulmonary artery during right upper lobectomy. Barring extremely unusual anatomy, this approach has wide indications. This technique may become an integral part of video- and robotic-assisted right upper lobectomies.

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The authors are indebted to Prof Emeritus J. Patrick Barron of Tokyo Medical University for his dedicated pro bono editing of this manuscript.

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  1. Division of Thoracic Surgery, Niguarda Hospital, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore 3, 20162, Milan, Italy

    Massimo Torre, Sava Durkovic, Serena Conforti & Alessandro Rinaldo

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Torre, M., Durkovic, S., Conforti, S. et al. Cost-saving simultaneous stapling of the right superior vein and the anterior trunk of the right pulmonary artery during right upper lobectomy. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 31, 61–62 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-014-0332-7

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