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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-10-31
pubmed:abstractText
Median sternotomy was used in 30 cases of lung surgery; (1) lung cancer with impaired pulmonary function or local invasion to the mediastinum-12 cases. An average FEV1.0, 960ml, 38% FVC was only reduced to 890ml one month after lobectomy. (2) concomitant heart disease-2 cases. A 5 year old boy, with tracheal stricture and tetralogy of Fallot, was successfully treated by one stage operation. Stenotic cartilage trachea, 2mm in diameter, was resected 15mm in length and anastomosed end to end under total extracorporeal circulation after cardiac operation. A left upper lobectomy for lung cancer was performed under partial extracorporeal circulation after mitral valve replacement and valvoplasty of tricuspid valve on a 62 year old man. Both patients are well two years after operation. (3) bilateral pulmonary lesions--11 cases. (4) others--5 cases. Median sternotomy provides less operative loss of lung function, and excellent exposure for selected cases. But these advantages may be lost in some cases in No. (3) when fragile metastatic nodules must be gently manipulated and when an autosuture must be used in different direction for bullae. Whether or not the median sternotomy or posterolateral skin incision is favorable, may be decided by CT findings preoperatively.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0301-4894
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
786-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
[Median sternotomy for lung and tracheal surgery].
pubmed:affiliation
Hyogo-Kobe Medical Center, Akashi, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract