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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997; 45(3): 144-145
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1013709
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1013709
Case Report
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Omentopexy for Anastomotic Dehiscence After Tracheal Sleeve Pneumonectomy
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Publication History
1996
Publication Date:
19 March 2008 (online)
Abstract
A 54 year-old male patient developed anastomotic dehiscence following tracheal sleeve pneumonectomy for squamouscell carcinoma of the rights lung. Among various possible methods of the treatment, omentopexy was adopted and proved very effective in the treatment of such a fatal complication.
Key words
Omentopexy - Sleeve pneumonectomy - Complication