A NOVEL GRADING SYSTEM FOR OBLIQUE FISSURE OF RIGHT LUNG BASED ON : CADAVERIC STUDY OF NORTH INDIAN POPULATION

Kulbir Kaur; Rajan Kumar Singla; Ravi Kant Sharma

Volume : V, Issue : XI, November - 2016

A NOVEL GRADING SYSTEM FOR OBLIQUE FISSURE OF RIGHT LUNG BASED ON : CADAVERIC STUDY OF NORTH INDIAN POPULATION

Kulbir Kaur, Rajan Kumar Singla, Ravi Kant Sharma

Abstract :

AIM: An attempt has been made to provide a grading system for oblique fissure of right lung from Grade zero to IV depending upon the absence and depth of fissure from costal surface to the hilum. MATERIAL & METHOD: Material for the present study comprised of right lungs obtained from 50 well embalmed adult human cadavers of both the sexes dissected in the Department Of Anatomy, Govt. Medical College, Amritsar RESULTS: Oblique fissure was found to be complete in 48%, incomplete in 42% and absent in 10% of the right lungs. CONCLUSION: Due to vast incidence of variations in absence or incompleteness of fissures & to the lack of an agreeable classification of fissures, an attempt has been made to provide one such classification. Accordingly the fissures are graded from Grade zero to IV depending upon their absence and depth from costal surface to the hilum. the nature of the fissure is of great importance in planning operative strategy for thoracoscopic pulmonary resection where an incomplete fissure may contribute to post–operative air leakage.