RT Book, Section
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
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ID 1105841950
T1 Overview of Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Lung Cancer
T2 Adult Chest Surgery, 2e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-178189-3
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105841950
RD 2024/04/25
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.