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  • Title: [Thoracoscopic partial lung resection using staplers and polyglycolic acid (PGA) felts in an 85-year-old patient].
    Author: Yoshiya K, Togashi K, Sato Y.
    Journal: Kyobu Geka; 1995 Sep; 48(10):833-5. PubMed ID: 7474581.
    Abstract:
    An 85-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with complaints of dyspnea and palpitations. His chest roentgenogram and CT scan showed emphysematous lung and a right pneumothorax with bulla. In cases of emphysematous lung disease, it is well-known that postoperative pulmonary leakage tend to be prolonged, and that control of such leakage is often difficult. A felt-like bioabsorbable prosthesis (polyglycolic acid sheet: NEOVEIL) was used for partial lung resection under thoracoscopic guidance. On each side of the stapler, PGA strips (1 cm wide x 3.5 cm long) were fixed with absorbable sutures. We found that it was difficult to cut with the stapler knife and that the second staple line could not easily cut across the first. However, there was no postoperative air-leakage and his postoperative course was uneventful.
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