Complete videothoracoscopic en-bloc resection of lung cancer invading the diaphragm

Arkın Acar

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2023.22052

Arkın Acar¹, Kenan Can Ceylan², Hüseyin Mestan², Nur Yücel³

¹Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital, Erzurum, Türkiye
²Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Surgery SUAM, Izmir, Türkiye
³Department of Pathology, University of Health Sciences, Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Surgery SUAM, Izmir, Türkiye

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2023.22052

Locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer invading the diaphragm is an infrequent clinical presentation. A 74-year-old male patient was operated using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in our clinic for a tumor originating from the right lower lobe. A right lower lobectomy with diaphragmatic resection was performed to the tumor with a diameter of 3 cm that invaded the diaphragm, and the resulting defect was repaired primarily with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The patient did not develop complications in the postoperative period and was discharged on Day 6. In conclusion, patients with non-small cell lung cancer invasive to the diaphragm can be even safely operated with the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

Keywords : Diaphragm, invasion, non-small cell lung cancer, videoassisted thoracoscopic surgery

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