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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:1704-1706
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Surgical correction of postpneumonectomy stridor by saline breast implantation

Inderpaul Birdi, FRCSa, Max Baghai, FRCSa, Francis C. Wells, FRCSa

a Papworth Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Accepted for publication June 6, 2000.

Address reprint requests to Dr Birdi, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB3 8RE, England
e-mail: inderuk{at}hotmail.com

Postpneumonectomy syndrome is a rare complication of pneumonectomy and is characterized by progressive dyspnea, stridor, and repeated chest infections. It is caused by displacement and rotation of the mediastinal structures into the pneumonectomy space, producing compression and malacic changes in the trachea and remaining bronchus. We report the successful long-term results of mediastinal correction, cardiopexy and plombage with saline breast prostheses in a 59-year-old man after right pneumonectomy for carcinoma of the lung




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