Unusual complication of endostapler use in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

H. Volkan Kara

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2019.16692

H. Volkan Kara¹, İsmail Sarbay¹, Nurlan Alizade¹, Akif Turna¹

¹Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2019.16692

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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is becoming more popular in thoracic surgery practice. Use of endostaplers is mandatory for anatomical video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery resections. In this article, we present an unusual complication related to use of endostapler, which, to our knowledge, may be the first reported in the literature.

Keywords : Complication, postoperative, stapler, uniportal, videoassisted thoracosopic surgery

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