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  • Title: Inadvertently transected left superior pulmonary vein during thoracoscopic left lower lobectomy.
    Author: Seok Y, Lee E.
    Journal: J Cardiothorac Surg; 2016 May 26; 11(1):84. PubMed ID: 27387410.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: There are several anatomical variations of the pulmonary vein which can cause serious complications in pulmonary lobectomy. CASE PRESENTATION: We inadvertently divided the left superior pulmonary vein during thoracoscopic left lower lobectomy in a lung cancer patient. Retrospective review of the preoperative computed tomography showed extra-pericardial common trunk of the left pulmonary venous system. Left superior pulmonary vein was reimplanted into stump of divided common trunk via thoracotomy. CONCLUSIONS: Awareness of vascular anomalies will help thoracic surgeons to prevent potential morbidity and mortality from complications.
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