1. Omentopexy for anastomotic dehiscence after tracheal sleeve pneumonectomy
- Author
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Kujime K, Kawaraya N, Yamamoto H, Satake S, and Masayoshi Okada
- Subjects
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Lung Neoplasms ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Bronchi ,Anastomosis ,Dehiscence ,Omentopexy ,Pneumonectomy ,Surgical Wound Dehiscence ,medicine ,Carcinoma ,Humans ,Lung ,business.industry ,Anastomosis, Surgical ,respiratory system ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Trachea ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Male patient ,Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Complication ,Omentum - Abstract
A 54-year-old male patient developed anastomotic dehiscence following tracheal sleeve pneumonectomy for squamous-cell carcinoma of the right lung. Among various possible methods of treatment, omentopexy was adopted and proved very effective in the treatment of such a fatal complication.
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- 1997