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Editorial
. 2019 May;11(Suppl 9):S1216-S1221.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.03.13.

Use of staplers and adverse events in thoracic surgery

Dragan Subotic  1 , Aljaz Hojski  1 , Mark Wiese  1 , Didier Lardinois  1
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Editorial

Use of staplers and adverse events in thoracic surgery

Dragan Subotic et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 May.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
Bleeding from the middle lobe artery during VATS upper lobectomy. (A) Moment of the bleeding onset: arrow: lesion of the middle lobe artery; 1: bottom of the fissure with the intersegmental vein underneath; 2: upper lobe; 3: lower lobe; (B) tamponade of the bleeding site; (C) securing suture of the bleeding site after having accomplished the lobectomy without bleeding after immediate tamponade; (D) aspect after the suture. VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
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