ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2020
Pulmonary veins variations with potential impact in thoracic surgery: a computed-tomography-based atlas.
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- Left common pulmonary venous trunk-better be careful than sorry.Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2022Article
- Detection of circulatory disturbance after pulmonary vein division during a living donor lobectomy.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2021Article
- VATS right posterior segmentectomy with anomalous bronchi and pulmonary vessels: a case report and literature review.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2021Review
- [Translobar Phenomenon of Pulmonary Veins and Its Clinical Significance in Lobectomy].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundPulmonary veins (PVs) are important during segmentectomy. Many case reports prove that they may be the source of bleeding during surgery, especially when anatomical variants are present. We decided to describe venous variations and prepare a computed tomography based atlas of our observations.
methodsThe study was conducted using 135 chest computed tomography studies with intra venous iodine contrast injection. The study population contained 86 females and 49 males, mean age was 60. Thirteen people had atrial fibrillation. Images were analysed using radiological workstation.
resultsThe variations were divided into three categories: atypical topography of the PV, atypical venous outflow to the left atrium (LA), atypical venous vascularization of the lung bronchopulmonary segment. Retrobronchial course of the vein of the posterior segment of the right upper lobe was observed in 8.15%. The most common variant of atrial venous outflow was the direct outflow of the middle lobe vein, observed in 25.19% of cases and the long common trunk of left PVs in 11.11%. The split drainage from the middle lobe into the right superior pulmonary vein (RSPV) and the right inferior pulmonary vein (RIPV) was observed in 9.63% as the full drainage into the RIPV in 2.96%.
conclusionsLong common trunk of left PVs and numerous variants of venous vascularisation of the middle lobe are the variations that may pose potential problems during thoracic surgeries. The frequency is high enough to justify the routine assessment of pulmonary vessels with computed tomography before surgery.
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