Case No. | Tumor location | Diagnosis | The scheduled operation | Unexpectedly cutting | At the time of recognition of a common trunk | Final surgery | Notes | Reference No. |
1 | Left S4 | Lung cancer | Upper lobectomy | + | Intraoperatively, after cutting of SPV | Incidental pneumonectomy | After cutting of SPV | [1] |
2 | Left S1+2 | Lung cancer | Upper division segmentectomy | - | Preoperatively, three-dimensional tomographic scanning | Upper division segmentectomy | The cutting of IPV could be avoided | [1] |
3 | Left S1+2 | Lung cancer | Upper lobectomy | + | Intraoperatively, after lobectomy, interruption of pulmonary circulation of lower lobe | Upper lobectomy, excision of lower lobe | Extensive adhesions, incomplete lobulation and tumor infiltration of the main pulmonary artery | [2] |
4 | Left S3 | Lung cancer | Upper lobectomy | + | On 3rd postoperative day, postoperative pulmonary venous congestion | Completion pneumonectomy | Preoperatively, intraoperatively, no confirmation of common trunk | [3] |
5 | Left upper lobe | Lung cancer | Upper lobectomy | + | Intraoperatively | Upper lobectomy, reconstruction | IPV was reconstructed | [4] |
6 | Left B6 | Lung cancer | Lower lobectomy | - | Intraoperatively, no finding of IPV to resect IPV | Lower lobectomy | IPV returned to SPV | [5] |
7 | Left S10 | Lung cancer | Lower lobectomy | - | Intraoperatively, no finding of IPV | Lower lobectomy | Retrospectively, no existence of usual locations of SPV and IPV by computed-tomographic scanning | [6] |