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Post-pneumonectomy-like syndrome as a result of unilateral upper-lung field pulmonary fibrosis after lung cancer surgery: a case report [PDF]

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Post-pneumonectomy syndrome is a rare complication following pneumonectomy, characterized as significant mediastinal shift and rotation toward the operated side, resulting in stenosis of trachea and bronchi.We report the case of a 60-year-old woman who ...
Motoki Kawai, Akimasa Sekine, Hideya Kitamura, Ken Okamura, Yoichi Tagami, Takashi Ogura   +5 more
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Scintigraphic Assessment of Pulmonary Flow in Patients After Pneumonectomy

Diagnostics
Background: Pulmonary circulation typically shows flow divided between the right and left lungs, with a marked predominance of the right lung.
Bogumił Maciąg, Małgorzata Edyta Wojtyś, Arkadiusz Waloryszak, Norbert Wójcik, Jarosław Pieróg, Krzysztof Safranow, Tadeusz Sulikowski, Tomasz Grodzki, Janusz Wójcik   +8 more
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Congenital Absence of the Left Pulmonary Artery Associated With Right-Sided Aortic Arch Presenting as Hemoptysis in an Adult: A Case Report. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Congenital unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery is a rare vascular anomaly that may remain undiagnosed until adulthood. Patients can present with unexplained hemoptysis, recurrent respiratory infections, or pulmonary hypertension. Contrast‐enhanced CT plays a crucial role in diagnosis, evaluation of collateral circulation, and guiding ...
Kauser T, Khan A, Sattar A, Hassan SMS, Raza M, Shahab SH, Habib F.   +6 more
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Outcomes and pulmonary function after sleeve lobectomy compared with pneumonectomy in patients with non–small cell lung cancer

Thoracic Cancer, 2023
Background Sleeve lobectomy is recommended to avoid pneumonectomy and preserve pulmonary function in patients with central lung cancer. However, the relationship between postoperative pulmonary functional loss and resected lung parenchyma volume has not ...
Tsubasa Matsuo, Kazuhiro Imai, Shinogu Takashima, Nobuyasu Kurihara, Shoji Kuriyama, Hidenobu Iwai, Kasumi Tozawa, Hajime Saito, Kyoko Nomura, Yoshihiro Minamiya   +9 more
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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, Ahmed Abdelmeguid, Yuqi (Kevin) Wang, Karuna Dewan   +3 more
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A prospective, multicentre, observational cohort study of analgesia and outcome after pneumonectomy [PDF]

, 2011
Background Meta-analysis and systematic reviews of epidural compared with paravertebral blockade analgesia techniques for thoracotomy conclude that although the analgesia is comparable, paravertebral blockade has a better short-term side-effect profile ...
Mills, R., Woodward, D., B Naidu, Woodall, N., Naidu, Babu V., Pearce, A C, Nelson, J., Stockwell, M., Nel, L., Giri, R., Gao, F, Cook, D, Macfie, A., Latter, J., Davies, P, E.S. Powell, Brown, V., Gao Smith, Fang; id_orcid, Gilbert, M., Naidu, Babu, Forrest, M., Knowles, A., McCulloch, B., Mitchell, J., A.C. Pearce, Foley, M., Naidu, B, Bowler, G. M. R., Powell, E. S., Cook, D., Bowler, G M R, D Cook, Powell, E S, Pearce, A. C., Kendall, J., G.M.R. Bowler, Lee, G., F Gao, Berry, C., P Davies, Dhallu, T., Strachan, L., Pardeshi, L., Davies, P., Smith, F. Gao (Fang Gao)   +44 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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Extra-pleural pneumonectomy versus no extra-pleural pneumonectomy for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma: clinical outcomes of the Mesothelioma and Radical Surgery (MARS) randomised feasibility study. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: The effects of extra-pleural pneumonectomy (EPP) on survival and quality of life in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma have, to our knowledge, not been assessed in a randomised trial.
Loic Lang-Lazdunski, Lang-Lazdunski, Loic, Peto, Julian, Edwards, John, Michael Snee, Landau, David, David Waller, O'Byrne, Ken, MARS trialists, O'Byrne, Kenneth J., Tan, Carol, ?, ?, Liz Darlison, Kilburn, Lucy S, Mary O'Brien, Spicer, James; id_orcid, Waller, David, Darlison, Liz, Gill Coombes, Judith M Bliss, Suresh Senan, James Entwisle, Kilburn, Lucy S., Ken O'Byrne, Carol Tan, Bliss, Judith M., Treasure, Tom, Snee, Michael, O'Brien, Mary, Lucy S Kilburn, Tom Treasure, Bliss, Judith M, Entwisle, James, John Edwards, David Landau, Senan, Suresh, James Spicer, Coombes, Gill, Gill Thomas, Spicer, James, Julian Peto, Thomas, Gill   +41 more
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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).
L M, Hannan, S A, Joosten, D P, Steinfort, P, Antippa, L B, Irving   +4 more
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Effects of pneumonectomy on nitric oxide synthase expression and perivascular edema in the remaining lung of rats

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2009
Pneumonectomy is associated with high mortality and high rates of complications. Postpneumonectomy pulmonary edema is one of the leading causes of mortality.
M.N. Samano, R. Pazetti, C.M. Prado, I.C. Tibério, P.H.N. Saldiva, L.F.P. Moreira, P.M. Pêgo-Fernandes, F.B. Jatene, J.C. Das-Neves-Pereira   +8 more
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