Lobar Carina Resection and Reconstruction in the Cases with Carcinoid Tumor

on our case a typical carcinoid tumor was determined that settled in the seperation of lower lobe and upper lobe bronchi of left lung. Lobar carinal complet resection and lobar carinal reconstruction were performed to the only localizaton of tumor in the patient instead of pneumonectomy. Because of the maintaining the lung parenchymal tissue, sleeve rezections should be preferred to the pneumonectomy in the appropiate cases. In the selective cases such as our case, lobar carinal resections although they are technically difficult should be evaluated as a variant of sleeve resection.