Managing the difficult pulmonary artery during completion pneumonectomy

Mansour, K.A.; Downey, R.S.

Surgery Gynecology and Obstetrics 169(2): 161-162

1989


ISSN/ISBN: 0039-6087
PMID: 2756465
Document Number: 339354
We describe two examples of successful management of a difficult PA. In the first, the posterior approach to the PA during completion pneumonectomy is demonstrated. In the second, the intrapericardial transection of the right PA is described when the tumor encroaches onto the right hilum. Maneuvers to ensure safe and continuous control of the PA have been previously described but never widely popularized or well illustrated.

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