Coronary artery bypass surgery in a patient with a functional single lung.
Destroyed lung and pneumonectomy are associated with anatomic and physiologic changes that may interfere with the conduct of subsequent open heart surgery. Here we report a case of an autopneumonectomized patient who required open heart surgery. The preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative management of this patient was unique. Open heart procedures on patients with a single lung can be performed with acceptable operative mortality and morbidity.
Yazicioglu
Levent
L
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara University Hospital, Bilkent II Park Sitesi G-4 Blok 22/32, Ankara 06530, Turkey. leventyazicioglu@hotmail.com
Aral
Atilla
A
Uymaz
Ozge
O
Akalin
Hakki
H
D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D014797:Vital Capacity