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Innovations (Phila)
; 18(4): 390-392, 2023.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37599508
ABSTRACT
Manual closure of the bronchial stump can be challenging during minimally invasive thoracic surgery. An automated fastener has been used for more than a decade in minimally invasive heart valve surgery to eliminate the need for manual knot tying during the suturing of prosthetic valves. Herein, we describe the use of the COR-KNOT automated fastener (LSI SOLUTIONS®, Victor, NY, USA) in a case of video-assisted left upper lobectomy with open section of the bronchus and manual closure with interrupted resorbable sutures for a malignant bronchial tumor located on the proximal part of the left upper lobe bronchus. This case represents, to our knowledge, the first case using the COR-KNOT device for minimally invasive pulmonary surgery.
Subject(s)
Bronchial Neoplasms , Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted , Humans , Off-Label Use , Sutures , Bronchi/surgery
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