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a Excised lung irrigated with a cold lung preservation solution on the back table. b Division of basal segment graft. c Divided graft. d Schema of the pneumonectomy and ex situ resection
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Fig1
For a venous anastomosis between the lower pulmonary vein of the graft and upper pulmonary vein of the body, the pulmonary veins were dissected as distal as possible for the upper pulmonary vein and proximal as possible as for the lower pulmonary vein (Fig. 1).
Operation time (left column) and blood loss (right column) in 13 patients who underwent a basal-segment preserving extended sleeve lobectomy. Red dot indicates the present auto-lung transplantation case
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Fig2
Operation time and blood loss for patients who underwent auto-transplantation preserving the basal segment were similar to those who underwent a usual ESL procedure preserving the basal segment (Fig. 2).