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From: Bilateral video-assisted thoracic surgery for esophageal cancer with left inferior pulmonary vein invasion following chemoradiation therapy

Fig. 2

Operative image and schema during the left-sided video-assisted thoracic surgery. The tumor location is drawn with a blue dotted line. We first confirmed that the esophagus could be separated from the main trunk of the left inferior pulmonary vein (dotted red line). The tumor invaded the left lower lobe. Therefore, we ligated the distal pulmonary vein (V10) and performed partial lower lobectomy (bold red line). Eso esophagus, LIPV left inferior pulmonary vein, PC pericardium

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