Correction of postpneumonectomy syndrome in infants with saline-filled expandable prosthesis

We report two infants who underwent right pneumonectomy in infancy and developed postpneumonectomy syndrome with obstruction of the left main bronchus causing severe airway obstruction in one patient and gastrointestinal reflux due to a displaced and grossly dilated oesophagus in the other patient....

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 89 - 90
Main Authors:	Saatvedt, Kjell, Hoel, Tom, Westvik, Jostein, Lindberg, Harald
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 01-07-2011
Subjects:	Airway Obstruction - etiology Airway Obstruction - surgery Breast Implants Duodenogastric Reflux - etiology Duodenogastric Reflux - surgery Female Gestational Age Humans Infant Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant, Newborn Infant, Premature Pneumonectomy - adverse effects Postoperative Complications - diagnostic imaging Postoperative Complications - etiology Postoperative Complications - surgery Prosthesis Design Prosthesis Implantation Reoperation Sodium Chloride Syndrome Tomography, X-Ray Computed Treatment Outcome
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	We report two infants who underwent right pneumonectomy in infancy and developed postpneumonectomy syndrome with obstruction of the left main bronchus causing severe airway obstruction in one patient and gastrointestinal reflux due to a displaced and grossly dilated oesophagus in the other patient. Both patients were operated with implantation of an expandable breast prosthesis.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:	1569-9293 1569-9285
DOI:	10.1510/icvts.2010.261164