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Treatment of left pneumonectomy syndrome with an expandable endobronchial prosthesis
F C Cordova1, J M Travaline, G M O'Brien
1Department of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine/Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia 19140, USA.
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|February 1, 1996
Abstract:
Postneumonectomy syndrome has only been described after a right pneumonectomy except in cases of congenital mediastinal anomalies or right-sided aortic arch. Placement of Silastic prostheses into the empty hemithorax is the preferred surgical treatment; however, other nonsurgical options exist. Herein, we report a case of left postpneumonectomy syndrome in an adult who was successfully treated with the placement of an endobronchial stent.