A Case of Postpneumonectomy Syndrome Treated with Endobronchial Stent / 결핵
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
;
: 325-331, 2002.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-225339
ABSTRACT
Postpneumonectomy syndrome is a rare complication that usually occurs in younger patients within the first year after a right total lung resection. Its clinical presentations are stridor, dyspnea, and recurrent pulmonary infections. An airway obstruction secondary to the extreme mediastinal shift and rotation after a pneumonectomy is the main mechanism. It is commonly complicated with tracheobronchomalacia due to longstanding airway compression. The management modalities involve a repositioning of the mediastinum with volume expansion of the pneumonectomy site by a expandable prosthesis. however, other methods including an endobronchial stent insertion should be considered in the presence of a tracheobronchomalacia or in poor surgical candidates. Here we describe a case of postpneumonectomy syndrome complicated by a bronchomalacia, which was successfully treated with a self-expandable endobronchal stent.
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Journal:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Year:
2002
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