Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
1997 Dec;30(12):1254-1258.
Postpneumonectomy Syndrome Treatment: A Case Report
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Korea.
- 2Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonology, Samsung Medical Center, Korea.
- 3Department of Anesthesia, Samsung Medical Center, Korea.
Abstract
- Postpneumonectomy syndrome is a disease entity which arises after right pneumonectomy in left aortic arch and left pneumoncectomy in right aortic arch. This syndrome have a feature of severe mediastinal deviation and rotation, and induces severe respiratoy insufficiency. This syndrome is rare, but should be considered when pneumonectomized patient complaints who have severe dyspnea. In Samsung medical center, We report a sucessfully treated patient with postpneumonectomy syndrome, who had experienced right pneumonectomy at 1 years ago.
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