African Journal of Paediatric Surgery (Jan 2013)

Video-assisted thoracoscopic double lobectomy for bronchiectasis: A case report and literature review

  • Toshiaki Takahashi,
  • Tadaharu Okazaki,
  • Takashi Doi,
  • Hiroyuki Koga,
  • Kenji Suzuki,
  • Geoffrey J Lane,
  • Atsuyuki Yamataka

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0189-6725.120888
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 3
pp. 289 – 291

Abstract

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Although thoracoscopic lobectomy for severe bronchiectasis has been reported in children, this is the first report of double lobectomy of the right middle and lower lobes performed using the video-assisted thoracoscopy in a 9-year-old girl. The post-operative course was uneventful and she is currently well after 18 months′ follow-up.

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