Pneumothorax after pneumonectomy: surgery with successful double lobe ventilation.
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.
Maniwa
Tomohiro
T
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan. maniwat@takii.kmu.ac.jp
Saito
Yukihito
Y
Kaneda
Hiroyuki
H
Imamura
Hiroji
H
Murao
Kouhei
K
Shingu
Koh
K
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*