Case report: Complex left-carina resection: three-year single-center experience.

ABSTRACT: Carinal and tracheobronchial angle tumors have long been a contraindication for surgical removal; the technique of tracheal sleeve pneumonectomy makes it possible to approach this malignancy but still represents a surgical challenge. Left sleeve pneumonectomy is less common compared with right sleeve pneumonectomy and represents a minority component in the literature's case series due to the complexity of the anatomy. In addition, there is no standard for treatment strategy, and it must be assessed on a case-by-case basis. From 2020 to 2023, we performed three left tracheal sleeve pneumonectomies and one neocarina reconstruction surgery for benign lesions without lung resections. All cases were performed without cardiovascular support such as cardiopulmonary bypass and via median sternotom

SUBMITTER: Tombelli S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10982367 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature