title: Extended redo sleeve resection for postoperative dehiscence after right upper bronchoplasty.
abstract: Complete anastomotic dehiscence after sleeve resection is a dramatic and often fatal event requiring an extremely aggressive and risky treatment; completion pneumonectomy represents the sole effective therapeutic option to rescue the patient, but postoperative mortality after this procedure is high. We report a case successfully treated by extended redo carinal sleeve resection after full bronchial dehiscence. This option should be taken into account in such a complication, mainly in patient with compromised respiratory function.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Petrella
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Veronesi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Solli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borri
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gasparri
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Galetta
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scanagatta
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spaggiari
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery*; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012086:Reoperation; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome