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

• Main Authors: Toshiaki Takahashi (Author), Tadaharu Okazaki (Author), Takashi Doi (Author), Hiroyuki Koga (Author), Kenji Suzuki (Author), Geoffrey J Lane (Author), Atsuyuki Yamataka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 current...