title: Partial sleeve right pneumonectomy with carinal flap closure.
abstract: We describe a technique used in 2 patients for resection of carcinoid tumor arising from the right main bronchus and extending along the lateral wall of the lower trachea. A flap was mobilized from the non-involved membranous posterior wall of the right main bronchus, which was left attached to the carina. This was used to close the defect in the lower trachea. Both patients did well after surgery and were followed-up for 10 to 17 years with no evidence of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. kamal_mansour@emoryhealthcare.org
authors.forename: Kamal A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Mansour
authors.forename: Joseph I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Amro R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Serag
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D012074:Remission Induction; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery