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(Chest. 1996;109:1097-1098.)
© 1996 American College of Chest Physicians

Closure of a Postpneumonectomy Main Bronchus Fistula Using Video-Assisted Mediastinal Surgery

Jacques F. Azorin MD1; Marc P. Francisci MD1; Bruno Tremblay MD1; Philippe Larmignat MD1; and Didier Carvaillo MD1

1 From the Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Avicenne Hospital, Pans North University, Bobigny, France

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.

Key Words: bronchopleural fistula • mediastinoscopy • video-assisted surgery




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