Evaluation of the bronchial stump following pulmonary resection.
Bronchoscopic and conventional bronchographic examinations are reliable methods to evaluate the integrity of a sutured bronchial stump. However, sometimes the critical condition of the patient makes these diagnostic procedures impractical. We present here a simpler method to achieve this purpose. This requires minimal invasiveness, no disturbance to the therapeutic support, and no transportation of the patient.
D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery*; D001995:Bronchography; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*