title: Correction of postpneumonectomy syndrome in infants with saline-filled expandable prosthesis.
abstract: We report two infants who underwent right pneumonectomy in infancy and developed postpneumonectomy syndrome with obstruction of the left main bronchus causing severe airway obstruction in one patient and gastrointestinal reflux due to a displaced and grossly dilated oesophagus in the other patient. Both patients were operated with implantation of an expandable breast prosthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. saatvedt@online.no
authors.forename: Kjell
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saatvedt
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hoel
authors.forename: Jostein
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Westvik
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lindberg
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D018427:Breast Implants; D004383:Duodenogastric Reflux / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D052577:Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D012086:Reoperation; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride