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Published on: March 8, 2019
Contralateral pneumothorax with postpneumonectomy syndrome: report of 18-year-old case
Takaya Sato1, Kentaro Minegishi1, Shunsuke Endo1
1Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Ika University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
Abstract:
We herein report a case of an 18-year-old male with left postpneumonectomy syndrome who underwent a bullectomy for right pneumothorax. The patient underwent a left pneumonectomy at the age of 1 year. At the age of 18 years, he developed right pneumothorax, and radiological findings revealed apical bullae in the right pleural cavity extending into the left atrophic thoracic cavity beyond the upper mediastinum. The right thoracoscopic bullectomy was successful. Modifications of selective lobar ventilation during surgery and thoracoscope position were described.
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