Key result
Despite dividing the left superior pulmonary vein as short as possible during left upper lobectomy, a 71-year-old man developed a stump thrombus 6 months postoperatively that resolved with anticoagulation.
Why the study?
Does anticoagulant therapy resolve pulmonary vein stump thrombosis after left upper lobectomy?
Case Report (n=1)
No
Does anticoagulant therapy resolve pulmonary vein stump thrombosis after left upper lobectomy?
Anticoagulant therapy successfully resolved a left superior pulmonary vein stump thrombus that developed 7 months after left upper lobectomy, highlighting that cutting the vein short in the pleural space may be insufficient to prevent this complication.
Anticoagulation resolved pulmonary vein stump thrombus post-lobectomy in one case; leaves open whether short stump division prevents this complication.
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Oiwa et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Pulmonary vein stump thrombosis after left upper lobectomy for lung cancer (n=1). Left upper lobectomy and anticoagulant therapy was evaluated. Despite dividing the left superior pulmonary vein as short as possible during left upper lobectomy, a 71-year-old man developed a stump thrombus 6 months postoperatively that resolved with anticoagulation.
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