Figure 4.

Placing “standing” stitches along the resection line. (A) At the very beginning of the operation, several “standing” stitches are placed along the resection lines. Slightly hard monofilament stitches are ideal because they stand out of the lung usually at corner and intermediate points if necessary.; (B) the stitch should be kept somewhat long (1 cm or more) for better visualization from a distance or a tangential direction, especially at the time of stapling; (C) an intraoperative view showing “standing” stiches (white allows) in a case of right S2b+3a segmentectomy. A white stich (black arrow) was also placed to indicate the location of the tumor.