Journal of Chest Surgery
- Volume 24 Issue 2
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- Pages.217-221
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- 1991
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- 2765-1606(pISSN)
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- 2765-1614(eISSN)
Bilateral Pulmonary Resection for Bronchiectasis by Median Sternotomy
양측기관지 확장증의 정중흉골절개술에 의한 양측폐절제 -1례보고-
Abstract
Bronchiectasis is bilateral in approximately 30% of patients. Although the presence of bilateral bronchiectasis was frequently considered a contraindication to surgical resection due to excessive loss of functional pulmonary parenchyma, it is a correct view that the involved broncho-pulmonary segments are functionless and risks to the as yet uninvolved segments and should be removed if the patient`s pulmonary function is tolerable. We report a case of multisegmental bilateral bronchiectasis treated by bilateral simultaneous pulmonary resection through a median sternotomy. Five bronchiectatic segments were resected, which were right middle lobe, anterobasal segment of the right lower lobe, and lingula of the left upper lobe.
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