Completion lobectomy for unanticipated pN1 disease on postoperative pathology after segmentectomy for cT1N0 lung cancer: Prevention of pleural adhesion by using fibrin glue

Results We describe the case of a 54-year-old man who underwent completion lobectomy for unanticipated hilar nodal metastasis reported on postoperative pathologic examination 1 month after right S8+9 segmentectomy for clinical T1N0 lung cancer. In the initial surgery, we used electrocautery without a stapler to divide the inter-segmental plane. The entire dissected inter-segmental plane was covered with absorbable mesh and fibrin glue. At re-thoracotomy, pleural adhesion at the inter-segmental plane was never observed although there were adhesions at parietal pleura not covered with fibrin glue.