Tracheobronchoplastic procedure in the treatment of advanced carcinoma of the right upper lung.
Lung cancer of the right upper lobe not infrequently invades the right lower trachea. A tracheobronchoplastic procedure is described that makes it possible to reconstruct the tracheal defect after excision of the growth, while preserving the uninvolved lobes of the right lung.
D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000150:complications; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*