TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Overview of Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Lung Cancer A1 - McNamee, Ciaran J. A1 - Adams, Ann A1 - Sugarbaker, David J. A2 - Sugarbaker, David J. A2 - Bueno, Raphael A2 - Colson, Yolonda L. A2 - Jaklitsch, Michael T. A2 - Krasna, Mark J. A2 - Mentzer, Steven J. A2 - Williams, Marcia A2 - Adams, Ann Y1 - 2015 N1 - T2 - Adult Chest Surgery, 2e AB - The chest has two lungs (a right lung and a left lung) (Fig. 68-1). Each lung is divided into independent lobes, with separate segments. Each segment (and therefor each lobe) maintains its own individual vascular and lymphatic network such that removal of a segment or a lobe does not disturb the vascular or lymphatic patterns of neighboring lung segments. Furthermore, tumors that arise in one segment usually follow a separate and individual drainage pattern which allows for the curative removal of subunits of each lung without jeopardizing the viability of the whole lung. Thus knowledge of pulmonary architecture is crucial to the management of lung cancer. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105841950 ER -