The Common Trunk of the Left Pulmonary Vein Injured Incidentally During Lung Cancer Surgery Toru Nakamura, MD, Masaaki Koide, MD, Hidenori Nakamura, MD, Futoru Toyoda, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 87, Issue 3, Pages 954-955 (March 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.054 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Postoperative magnetic resonance imaging. Magnetic resonance imaging 30 days after surgery demonstrated a good flow of the anastomosis between the left atrium and the inferior pulmonary vein (arrow). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 954-955DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.054) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Preoperative computed tomographic findings of the left hilum. (A) Computed tomographic scan demonstrated the superior pulmonary vein (white arrow), (B) the common trunk (black arrow), and (C) the inferior pulmonary vein (white arrow head). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 954-955DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.054) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions