title: Tracheal approach to pulmonary artery sling associated with funnel-shaped tracheal stenosis.
abstract: Pulmonary artery sling with concomitant funnel-shaped tracheal stenosis is a rare but potentially lethal congenital condition. Conventional surgical division and reanastomosis of the aberrant left pulmonary artery to the main pulmonary artery carries a high risk of postoperative ventilatory difficulty from an uncorrected tracheal stenosis. A primary tracheal approach via a right thoracotomy without pulmonary bypass is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton National Heart and Lung Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tsang
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goldstraw
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery