Thoracoscopic Right Basilar Segmentectomy After Right Upper Lobectomy

Abstract

We report a case of thoracoscopic right basilar segmentectomy after upper lobectomy. A 76-year-old man who underwent right upper lobectomy for lung tuberculosis 50 years earlier was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, stage IB (T2aN0M0), in the right lower lobe and underwent right basilar segmentectomy for limited resection. The postoperative course was uneventful. The patient showed no recurrence clinically and the 1-year postoperative chest computed tomographic scan showed adequate volume of the middle and residual right lower lobe without emphysematous changes.