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Case Reports
. 2011 Jul;13(1):89-90.
doi: 10.1510/icvts.2010.261164. Epub 2011 Mar 21.

Correction of postpneumonectomy syndrome in infants with saline-filled expandable prosthesis

Kjell Saatvedt  1 , Tom Hoel, Jostein Westvik, Harald Lindberg
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Correction of postpneumonectomy syndrome in infants with saline-filled expandable prosthesis

Kjell Saatvedt et al. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

We report two infants who underwent right pneumonectomy in infancy and developed postpneumonectomy syndrome with obstruction of the left main bronchus causing severe airway obstruction in one patient and gastrointestinal reflux due to a displaced and grossly dilated oesophagus in the other patient. Both patients were operated with implantation of an expandable breast prosthesis.

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