1. Kergin pneumonectomy: a rare procedure.
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Gezer S, Öz G, and Taştepe I
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- Adenocarcinoma mortality, Adenocarcinoma pathology, Adenocarcinoma surgery, Aged, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung mortality, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung pathology, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung surgery, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell mortality, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell pathology, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell surgery, Disease-Free Survival, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Lung Neoplasms mortality, Male, Mediastinoscopy methods, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Staging, Pneumonectomy mortality, Plastic Surgery Procedures methods, Risk Assessment, Sampling Studies, Survival Rate, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Bronchi transplantation, Lung Neoplasms pathology, Lung Neoplasms surgery, Pneumonectomy methods, Surgical Flaps
- Abstract
We have evaluated our cases of "Kergin" pneumonectomy in which a bronchial flap of the medial part of the right main stem bronchus was created during right pneumonectomy and was turned upward to cover the lateral airway defect at the level of the carina. Five male patients with a mean age of 53.6 underwent "Kergin" pneumonectomy due to nonsmall cell carcinoma arising from right upper lobe entrance, which does not allow a classical pneumonectomy. Postoperative pathology stagings were stage IIB in 1 patient and stage IIIA in 4 patients. Any operative mortality or short-term complication was not observed. Two of the patients died in the second year of follow-up. "Kergin" pneumonectomy is a rarely performed procedure with acceptable morbidity and mortality and good lung cancer resection. Actually, our current report of five cases will be one of the largest series of "Kergin" pneumonectomy., (Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2011
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