title: Pneumothorax after pneumonectomy: surgery with successful double lobe ventilation.
abstract: Contralateral pneumothorax is potentially lethal in patients who have undergone pneumonectomy. There are few reports about the diagnosis and treatment of this situation. This is a report of our experience with selective lobar ventilation of the middle and lower lobes using a guidewire and a bronchial blocker in the right upper bronchus of a patient who had previously undergone left pneumonectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan. maniwat@takii.kmu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maniwa
authors.forename: Yukihito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaneda
authors.forename: Hiroji
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: Kouhei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murao
authors.forename: Koh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shingu
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D012086:Reoperation; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*