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Table 2 Review of literature on esophagectomy with the RTPV

From: Right top pulmonary vein is a venous anomaly of which surgeons should be aware in subcarinal dissection for thoracoscopic esophagectomy: a case report and literature review

Author

Year

Age

Sex

Location

Origin

Inflow site

Operative method

Position

Reconstruction route

Time (min)

Blood loss (ml)

Preoperative recognition

Preservation

Matsubara [11]

2003

57

M

Intermediate

Right upper lobe

LA

Thoracotomy

Decubitus

   

No

Yes

Fujiwara [15]

2015

51

M

Intermediate

S2

LA

Thoracoscopy

Decubitus

PMR

  

No

Yes

Shinozaki [16]

2016

74

M

Main

Right upper lobe

LA

Laparoscopy (transhiatal)

Supine

RR

378

169

No

Yes

Onodera [17]

2019

61

M

Intermediate

S2

RSPV

Thoracoscopy

Prone

PMR

815

52

Yes

Yes

Matubara [18]

2020

77

M

Intermediate

S2

RSPV

Thoracoscopy

Prone

PMR

620

150

Yes

Yes

Our case

 

70

M

Main

S2

LA

Thoracoscopy

Prone

RR

360

30

Yes

Yes

  1. RTPV Right top pulmonary vein, LA Left atrium, RSPV Right superior pulmonary vein, PMR Posterior mediastinum rout, RR Retrosternal rout