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Unique right hilar mobilization was performed by pulmonary venous transposition of the right middle and lower lobe veins to the opening of the right upper pulmonary vein to achieve tension-free airway anastomosis after carinal right upper lobectomy for a patient with adenoid cystic carcinoma. The right middle and lower lobes were reconstructed safely thereafter by side-to-end anastomosis between the side of the lower trachea and intermediate bronchus with acceptable suturing tension.
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Shiraishi, T., Yamamoto, L., Moroga, T. et al. Transposition of pulmonary veins for mobilization of residual right middle and lower lobes after carinal right upper lobectomy: a unique pulmonary hilar mobilization technique for safe tension-free airway anastomosis. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 68, 1043–1046 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-019-01192-6
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