title: Treatment of postpneumonectomy syndrome with tissue expanders: the Great Ormond Street Hospital experience.
abstract: Postpneumonectomy syndrome (PPS) is a rare syndrome whereby the airway and oesophagus become obstructed due to extreme rotation of the mediastinum after pneumonectomy. Our treatment of this condition involved mediastinal repositioning and placement of a saline filled tissue expander into the pleural space. This has not been reported in the plastic surgical literature and we describe technical difficulties and how they were overcome.
authors: The Department of Plastic Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK. Electronic address: mark.lloyd73@btinternet.com.
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Lloyd
authors: The Department of Respiratory Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Wallis
authors: The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK.
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Muthialu
authors: The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Elliott
authors: The Department of Plastic Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK. Electronic address: BulstN1@gosh.nhs.uk.
authors: N W
authors: NW
authors: Bulstrode
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D013577:Syndrome; D015625:Tissue Expansion Devices
keywords: Cardio-thoracic surgery; Plastic surgery; Post-pneumonectomy syndrome; Tissue expansion