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Fiber optic bronchoscopy revealing chest tube penetrating the bronchus intermedius; Yellow arrow demonstrating the point of entry of the chest tube into the right bronchus intermedius, at the origin of the middle and lower right lobe. (Black arrow)
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Chest tube penetrating the major fissure of the right side of the original middle lobe bronchus
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Pneumolysis was done and after releasing the inferior pulmonary ligament, the course of the right chest tube was followed in the major fissure which penetrated the bronchus intermedius at the origin of the middle and lower lobe (Figure 2).
Post bilobectomy chest x-ray
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The patient was observed and after she was stable, she was transferred to the ward; her condition improved and after 67 days of hospitalization and unremarkable post-op chest X-ray (Figure 3), she was discharged with no further complications.