ATS
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Author home page(s):
Eric L.R. Bédard
Shaf Keshavjee
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Bédard, E. L.R.
Right arrow Articles by Keshavjee, S.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Bédard, E. L.R.
Right arrow Articles by Keshavjee, S.
Related Collections
Right arrow Lung - other

Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1185-1188
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Postpneumonectomy Syndrome: A Spectrum of Clinical Presentations

Eric L.R. Bédard, MD, MS, Karl Uy, MD, Shaf Keshavjee, MD, FRCSC*

Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Accepted for publication August 9, 2006.

* Address correspondence to Dr Keshavjee, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth St, EN10-224, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4, Canada (Email: shaf.keshavjee{at}uhn.on.ca).

Postpneumonectomy syndrome has classically been described as a late complication after pneumonectomy where gradually increasing shortness of breath develops secondary to mediastinal shift. We present our experience and a review of the literature demonstrating a variety of clinical scenarios that, when necessary, were successfully managed with mediastinal repositioning.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.Home page
K. R. Shen, J. C. Wain, C. D. Wright, H. C. Grillo, and D. J. Mathisen
Postpneumonectomy syndrome: Surgical management and long-term results.
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., June 1, 2008; 135(6): 1210 - 1219.e6.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 ICVTSHome page
J. E. King, R. W.T. Lau, I. Y.P. Wan, and A. P.C. Yim
Tuberculous tracheobronchial stricture causing post-pneumonectomy-like syndrome corrected by insertion of a bespoke Dumon stent
Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, April 1, 2008; 7(2): 267 - 268.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 2007 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.