Bronchial obstruction after upper lobectomy: kinked bronchus relieved by stenting.
Post resectional kinking of the lower lobe bronchus caused obstructive symptoms in 2 patients following upper lobectomy. Exaggerated upward displacement of the remaining lower lobe seemed to be causative. Intrabronchial stenting relieved the obstruction in each case with satisfactory intermediate term results.
Van Leuven
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Department of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Clayman
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Snow
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D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000209:etiology; D015607:Stents