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Figure 6. After exposing the apico-posterior trunk (TRPA), the nodal bundle (station #10 LN) is swept in an infero-medial direction.
Descending branch of PA. PA: pulmonary artery; TRPA: apico-posterior trunk of left pulmonary artery
Figure 7. After removing station #10 lymph nodes, the bronchus (B) is identified just deep to the artery
Figure 8. The apical branch of the pulmonary artery (AP) branch is then encircled and divided using a stapler with a white vascular
cartridge. AP: apical branch of pulmonary artery
posterior branch using the Cadiere forceps in the left robotic hand. The pulmonary artery branch is then
divided using a stapler with a white vascular cartridge [Figure 8].
Next, the upper lobe and lower lobe are retracted in opposite directions and the fissure is identified.
Dissection of the nodal bundle in station #11 allows for the identification of the pulmonary artery in the
