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Omentopexy for anastomotic dehiscence after tracheal sleeve pneumonectomy
M Okada1, N Kawaraya, K Kujime
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Hyogo Central Hospital, Sanda, Japan.
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
|June 1, 1997
Abstract:
A 54-year-old male patient developed anastomotic dehiscence following tracheal sleeve pneumonectomy for squamous-cell carcinoma of the right lung. Among various possible methods of treatment, omentopexy was adopted and proved very effective in the treatment of such a fatal complication.