General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

, Volume 60, Issue 1, pp 60–62 | Cite as

Muscle plombage for extensive bronchial necrosis after right lower lobectomy

  • Kenji Tetsuka
  • Shunsuke Endo
  • Yoshihiko Kanai
  • Shinichi Otani
  • Shinichi Yamamoto
  • Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
Case Report
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Abstract

Bronchial stump necrosis is a lethal complication after pulmonary resection. We report a patient who had extensive necrosis of the intermediate bronchus after right lower lobectomy. The large bronchial defect was successfully fixed with latissimus dorsi muscle and replaced by bronchial epithelialization.

Key words

Bronchial necrosis Muscle plombage Right lower lobectomy 
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© The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery 2012

Authors and Affiliations

  • Kenji Tetsuka
    • 1
  • Shunsuke Endo
    • 1
  • Yoshihiko Kanai
    • 1
  • Shinichi Otani
    • 1
  • Shinichi Yamamoto
    • 1
  • Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of General Thoracic SurgeryJichi Medical UniversityTochigiJapan

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