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Postoperative perforation in the bronchus intermedius: completion sleeve bilobectomy is an option

Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2, 35128, Padova, Italy

Received 6 February 2008; accepted 25 March 2008.

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Key Words: Lung resection • Fistula • Sleeve bilobectomy

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We read with great interest the case report of postoperative perforation in the bronchus intermedius membrane after a primary lung cancer resection reported by Hirami et al. [1].

In a similar situation we reported [2] a case with postoperative non-stump bronchopleural fistula due to necrosis of large area of the membranous part of the bronchus intermedius up to the opening of the right upper lobe. A completion lower sleeve bilobectomy was performed; we removed the middle lobe, all of the bronchus intermedius and part of the right main bronchus; . . . [Full Text of this Article]