Azorin J F, Francisci M P, Tremblay B, Larmignat P, Carvaillo D
Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Paris North University, Bobigny, France.
Chest. 1996 Apr;109(4):1097-8. doi: 10.1378/chest.109.4.1097.
Disruption of a mainstem bronchus is a rare but dreaded complication of pneumonectomy. After an anatomic study on cadavers, we successfully used a video mediastinoscope to close a postpneumonectomy main bronchus fistula via a cervical incision.
