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An Uncommon Cause of Dysphagia: Postpneumonectomy Syndrome
Case Reports in Otolaryngology, 2021 Objective. Dysphagia after pneumonectomy is uncommon but concerning. The purpose of this paper is to present a case of dysphonia secondary to postpneumonectomy syndrome. Case Report.
Erica Rego +3 more
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Computed tomography diagnostics of mediastinal hernias after pneumonectomy
Вестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова, 2022 The formation of mediastinal hernias after pneumonectomy may be associated with the development of complications from the remaining lung. The lack of information about the patterns of their development, morphometric characteristics, and dynamics in the ...
M. N. Vasyukov
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Percutaneous closure of PFO in patients with reduced oxygen saturation at rest and during exercise : short- and long-term results [PDF]
, 2020 Background. A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a rare cause of hypoxemia and clinical symptoms of dyspnea. Due to a right-to-left shunt, desaturated blood enters the systemic circulation in a subset of patients resulting in dyspnea and a subsequent ...
De Cuyper, Celine +8 more
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Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Pneumonectomy
Journal of Chest Surgery, 2021 Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for lobectomy or segmentectomy is considered a favorable alternative to thoracotomy because of its usefulness and safety; it reduces postoperative pain, lowers morbidity, and shortens the hospital stay.
Seokjin Haam
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The pneumonectomy syndrome [PDF]
Thorax, 2011 A 47-year-old woman presented with exertional dyspnoea, cough, nausea and weight loss 2 years after a right pneumonectomy for non-small cell lung cancer. CT demonstrated marked mediastinal shift and herniation of the left lung into the pneumonectomy cavity (figure 1A).
Louis Irving +4 more
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Post-pneumonectomy surgery in prone position: a case report
Ain Shams Journal of Anesthesiology, 2023 Background Anesthesia in post-pneumonectomy patients is challenging as pneumonectomy is considered “a disease itself” with impaired oxygenation and ventilation. Literary data for prone ventilation in post-pneumonectomy patients is scarce.
Vijay N. Swamy +3 more
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Extrapleural pneumonectomy for advanced pleuropulmonary blastoma
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2019 Purpose: Use of extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignancy in children is rarely performed with few descriptions in the literature. In this article, we describe a 19-month-old girl who underwent an extrapleural pneumonectomy with enbloc resection of the ...
Scott S. Short +2 more
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Bronchial and arterial sleeve resection for centrally-located lung cancers [PDF]
, 2016 The use of bronchial and arterial sleeve resections for the treatment of centrally-located lung cancers, when available, has become the option of choice in comparison with pneumonectomy (PN). Technical expertise, in particular in vascular reconstruction,
D'Andrilli, Antonio +3 more
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Development and validation of a risk score for predicting death after pneumonectomy. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Pneumonectomy is associated with significant postoperative mortality. This study was undertaken to develop and validate a risk model of mortality following pneumonectomy.
Seyer Safi +9 more
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Does the revised cardiac risk index predict cardiac complications following elective lung resection? [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Revised Cardiac Risk Index (RCRI) score and Thoracic Revised Cardiac Risk Index (ThRCRI) score were developed to predict the risks of postoperative major cardiac complications in generic surgical population and thoracic surgery respectively.
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