Closure of a postpneumonectomy main bronchus fistula using video-assisted mediastinal surgery.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Disruption of a mainstem bronchus is a rare but dreaded complication of pneumonectomy. After an anatomic study on cadavers, we successfully used a video mediastinoscope to close a postpneumonectomy main bronchus fistula via a cervical incision.
Medical subject headings
- Bronchial Fistula
- Endoscopy
- Fistula
- Mediastinoscopy
- Pleural Diseases
- Pneumonectomy
- Video Recording