title: Successful muscle prombage for directly nonclosable extremely calcified bronchial stump.
abstract: Severe diffuse chronic calcification can cause an unsuccessful closure of the bronchial stump. An opened stump must be closed with a tissue flap without fixation using the bronchial wall. We performed successful volume double-layered dressing using a technique whereby we divided the latissimus dorsi muscle above and below the left pulmonary artery over the open stump of a severely calcified bronchus.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 L5 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. sawabata@thoracic.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Noriyoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sawabata
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nojiri
authors.forename: Meinoshin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okumura
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome