Transverse bronchoplasty of the membranous wall after resection of an endobronchial hamartoma.
Lung hamartomas are rare benign tumors of the bronchi. Their management consists of bronchoscopic excision or removal through a thoracotomy and bronchotomy whenever there is a large tumor totally obstructing the bronchial lumen. As a lung-sparing procedure is usually the aim, various bronchoplastic techniques have been described, providing a functional lumen of the repaired bronchus. We describe a simple technique that can be safely undertaken to preserve a satisfactory diameter of the bronchus or trachea and prevent a stenosis at the site of repair.
Tomos
Periklis
P
2nd Department of Surgery, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Karaiskos
Theodoros
T
Lahanas
Elias
E
Paulopoulos
Dionysios
D
Papahristou
Dimitrios
D
Stauroulias
Antonios
A
Papachristodoulou
Antonios
A
D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*