caa a22 4500 47575316X CHVBK 20180406123530.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s005950070056 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s005950070056 Tsubota Noriaki Hyogo Medical Center, 13-70 Kitaoji, 673-8558, Akashi, Hyogo, Japan aut An improved method for distinguishing the intersegmental plane of the lung [Elektronische Daten] [Noriaki Tsubota] An improved technique for distinguishing the intersegmental plane of the lung was developed as follows. After the involved bronchus is identified, the lobe is inflated and the segmental bronchus is then tied to maintain gas inside of the segments that will be removed, and thereafter is severed at a point proximal to the tie. When almost done closing the stump, a line will develop between the deflated and the inflated area, which represents the intersegmental plane to be operated on. This technique is therefore completely different from the technique described in textbooks, in which the preserved segment is kept inflated while the resected one is kept deflated. Once the line develops, one can operate just on the line using either electrocautery under adequate tension or staples between the collapsed and inflated segments. The cutting surface is so close to the real intersegmental plane that the amounts of air leak and bleeding are negligible. Springer-Verlag, 2000 Intersegmental plane nationallicence Lung nationallicence Segmentectomy nationallicence Small lung cancer nationallicence Surgery Today Springer-Verlag 30/10(2000-10-01), 963-964 0941-1291 30:10<963 2000 30 595 https://doi.org/10.1007/s005950070056 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s005950070056 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Tsubota Noriaki Hyogo Medical Center, 13-70 Kitaoji, 673-8558, Akashi, Hyogo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Surgery Today Springer-Verlag 30/10(2000-10-01), 963-964 0941-1291 30:10<963 2000 30 595 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer