1. Small Single-Incision Thoracoscopic Surgery Using an Anchoring Suture in Patients With Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: A Safe and Feasible Procedure 
Bong Soo Son, MD, Do Hyung Kim, MD, Sang Kwon Lee, MD, Chang Wan Kim, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 100, Issue 4, Pages (October 2015)
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2. Fig 1
Operative technique. (A) The thread for the anchoring suture was passed through the intercostal space. Anchoring sutures were next placed in front of the bleb, and the needle pulled out through the incision site. (B) The resection lesion was lifted by pulling the thread on the side of the chest wall to create an angle enabling a stapler to excise the lesion. An endostapler (Ethicon, Cincinnati, OH) was employed. (C) The maximal possible resection was achieved by pushing the stapler because the lesion was advanced to the center of the chest cavity by pulling the thread on the side of the incision. (D) Neoveil (polyglycolic acid) was used in combination with fibrin glue to reinforce the stapling line.
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3. Fig 2 The postoperative wound.
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