1. Video-assisted thoracic surgery anatomical lobectomy for a primary lung tumor in a dog.
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Kanai E, Matsutani N, Hanawa R, and Takagi S
- Subjects
- Adenocarcinoma surgery, Adenocarcinoma veterinary, Animals, Dogs surgery, Female, Lung Neoplasms surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures methods, Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures veterinary, Pneumonectomy methods, Thoracotomy methods, Thoracotomy veterinary, Lung Neoplasms veterinary, Pneumonectomy veterinary, Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted veterinary
- Abstract
A female Bernese Mountain Dog was diagnosed with a right middle lung lobe mass. The dog was positioned in a left lateral recumbency and one-lung ventilation was used under general anesthesia. Video-assisted thoracic surgery anatomical lobectomy was performed with 4 cm small thoracotomy and two 6-mm ports. Pulmonary vessels and bronchus were dissected and isolated individually at the hilum of the right middle lung lobe. Pulmonary vessels were ligated and were coagulated and transected using a vessel sealing device. The bronchus was ligated and transected. The mass in the right middle lung lobe was removed with a clean margin and without complications. Video-assisted thoracic surgery anatomical lobectomy was used to successfully remove a primary lung tumor in a dog.
- Published
- 2019
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