Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation in Children: Advantages of an Additional Trocar in the Lower Thorax for Pulmonary Lobectomy

Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation in Children: Advantages of an Additional Trocar in the Lower Thorax for Pulmonary Lobectomy

Aim: To present the use of an additional trocar (AT) in the lower thorax during thoracoscopic pulmonary lobectomy (TPL) in children with congenital pulmonary airway malformation.Methods: For a lower lobe TPL (LL), an AT is inserted in the 10th intercostal space (IS) in the posterior axillary line af...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hiroyuki Koga, Takanori Ochi, Shunki Hirayama, Yukio Watanabe, Hiroyasu Ueno, Kota Imashimizu, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Ryohei Kuwatsuru, Kinya Nishimura, Geoffrey J. Lane, Kenji Suzuki, Atsuyuki Yamataka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
thoracoscopic surgery
pulmonary lobectomy
congenital pulmonary airway malformation
child
anterior approach
posterior approach
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.722428/full

Similar Items

Similar Items