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Igai H, Kamiyoshihara M, Kawatani N, et al. A case report: right upper lobectomy with middle lobe preservation after right lower lobectomy. Surg Case Rep. 2015;1(1):19doi: 10.1186/s40792-015-0026-4.
Igai, H., Kamiyoshihara, M., Kawatani, N., Ibe, T., & Shimizu, K. (2015). A case report: right upper lobectomy with middle lobe preservation after right lower lobectomy. Surgical case reports, 1(1), 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-015-0026-4
Igai, Hitoshi, et al. "A case report: right upper lobectomy with middle lobe preservation after right lower lobectomy." Surgical case reports vol. 1,1 (2015): 19. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-015-0026-4
Igai H, Kamiyoshihara M, Kawatani N, Ibe T, Shimizu K. A case report: right upper lobectomy with middle lobe preservation after right lower lobectomy. Surg Case Rep. 2015 Dec;1(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s40792-015-0026-4. Epub 2015 Feb 19. PMID: 26943387; PMCID: PMC4747960.
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Surg Case Rep. 2015 Dec;1(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s40792-015-0026-4. Epub 2015 Feb 19.

A case report: right upper lobectomy with middle lobe preservation after right lower lobectomy.

Surgical case reports

Hitoshi Igai, Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara, Natsuko Kawatani, Takashi Ibe, Kimihiro Shimizu

Affiliations

  1. Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, 3-21-36 Asahi-cho, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-0014, Japan. [email protected].
  2. Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, 3-21-36 Asahi-cho, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-0014, Japan. [email protected].
  3. Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, 3-21-36 Asahi-cho, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-0014, Japan. [email protected].
  4. Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, 3-21-36 Asahi-cho, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-0014, Japan. [email protected].
  5. Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, 3-21-36 Asahi-cho, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-0014, Japan. [email protected].

PMID: 26943387 PMCID: PMC4747960 DOI: 10.1186/s40792-015-0026-4

Abstract

Few reports have described right upper and lower lobectomy with preservation of the middle lobe because of the risk of middle lobe torsion or emphysematous change. Herein we describe a successful result following lobectomy with preservation of the middle lobe for metachronous pulmonary metastasis originating from colon cancer in the right upper lobe after initial right lower lobectomy. A 69-year-old man who had undergone right lower lobectomy for pulmonary metastasis originating from colon cancer 3 years earlier was diagnosed as having suspected metachronous pulmonary metastasis in the right upper lobe. Because preoperative computed tomography (CT) indicated that the distance between the tumor and the entrance of the upper bronchus was 20 mm, it was considered difficult to achieve complete resection by a wedge resection or segmentectomy. Furthermore, preoperative CT demonstrated compensatory hypertrophy of the middle lobe and elevation of the right diaphragm, thus reducing the size of the thorax. Therefore, right upper lobectomy with middle lobe preservation was planned. The operation was performed using a totally thoracoscopic approach. Adhesion of the upper lobe to the chest wall was easily detached. As the middle lobe adhered to the chest wall, this served to prevent middle lobe torsion. The fissure between the upper and middle lobes had fused because of adhesion resulting from the initial lower lobectomy. Therefore, an 'anterior fissureless approach' was adopted to avoid any postoperative air leakage. There were no intraoperative problems, and the postoperative course was uneventful. The patient was discharged on postoperative day 6. Pathological examination of the specimen confirmed that the tumor was a metachronous pulmonary metastasis originating from the colon cancer. Four months after the operation, he had no requirement for additional oxygen support, and postoperative CT demonstrated a sufficiently expanded residual middle lobe without emphysematous change.

Keywords: Middle lobe preservation; Pulmonary metastasis; Right lower lobectomy; Right upper lobectomy

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