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. 2023 Jan 6;12(1):9–22. doi: 10.21037/acs-2022-urats-23

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2023 Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.

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Illustration showing the procedure of middle sleeve lobectomy (permission provided from medical illustrator Alejandro Garcia, who is also a co-author of this article). (A) Anatomic location of a tumor requiring middle lobe sleeve; (B) division of bronchus intermedius with robotic scissors and tumor at protruding from middle lobe bronchus; (C) running suture of cartilaginous portion between bronchus intermedius and lower lobe bronchus. The lower lobe artery is retracted with a vessel loop. ML, middle lobe; RLL, right lower lobe; RUL, right upper lobe; RMB, right main bronchus.