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Closure of a Postpneumonectomy Main Bronchus Fistula Using Video-Assisted Mediastinal Surgery
- Source :
- Chest; April 1996, Vol. 109 Issue: 4 p1097-1098, 2p
- Publication Year :
- 1996
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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.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00123692 and 19313543
- Volume :
- 109
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Chest
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs37955497
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.109.4.1097