Figure 12.

Right lower sleeve lobectomy. (A) Release the inferior pulmonary ligament; (B) dissect to expose the basal segment of right lower lobe artery, which was then transected after having been ligated using a silk suture; (C) dissect to expose the posterior segment of right lower lobe artery, which was then transected after having been ligated using a silk suture; (D) dissect to expose the right middle lobe bronchus; (E) transect the right middle lobe bronchus using a pair of scissors; (F) dissect to expose the right lower lobe vein; (G) transect the right lower lobe vein using endoscopic cutter/stapler; (H) transect the right intermediate bronchus using a scalpel.