Table 1 Previous cases of hemothorax associated with staple lines
From: Delayed severe hemothorax caused by a staple line of a bullectomy performed 11 years earlier
No. | Author/year | Age | Sex | Procedure | Device | Time to onset | Bleeding lesion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Motoyama [6]/2009 | 74 | F | Lobectomy | n/a | 11 days | Right intercostal artery near the vertebra |
2 | Kanai [7]/2012 | 58 | F | Wedge resection | Duet TRS | 1 day | Right intercostal artery of the lateral chest wall |
3 | Hayashi [8]/2018 | 69 | M | Bullectomy during lobectomy | Endo GIA Reinforced Reload with Tri-Staple Technology | 1 h | Left lung surface near the staple line |
4 | Negishi [9]/2019 | 60 | M | Segmentectomy | Echelon | 40 days | Right intercostal artery near the vertebra |
5 | Yamano [3]/2020 | 80 | M | Wedge resection | Powered Echelon | 4 h | Right parietal pleura |
6 | Yamaji [10]/2022 | 61 | M | Wedge resection | n/a | 6 h | Aorta (left) |
7 | Our case | 74 | M | Bullectomy | Echelon Flex Endopath | 11 years | Right intercostal artery near the vertebra |