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Closure of a postpneumonectomy main bronchus fistula using video-assisted mediastinal surgery
J F Azorin1, M P Francisci, B Tremblay
1Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Paris North University, Bobigny, France.
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|April 1, 1996
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.