Repair of Complex Tracheobronchial Stenosis With Left Pulmonary Artery Sling and Bridging Bronchus Shu-Chien Huang, MD, En-Ting Wu, MD, Ching-Chia Wang, MD, Chun-An Chen, MD, Chien-Yi Chen, MD, Shyh-Jye Chen, MD, Mei- Hwan Wu, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 90, Issue 4, Pages 1379-1381 (October 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.11.070 Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Preoperative computed tomographic scan showed the narrowed bridging bronchus (1.4-mm two-dimensional [2D] width), left main bronchus (1.4-mm two-dimensional width), and right intermediate bronchus (2.3-mm two-dimensional width). (B) Computed tomographic scan 1 year after the operation showed a wide, patent trachea and three patent, major bronchi. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 1379-1381DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.11.070) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Operative technique of the combined slide tracheoplasty and tracheal autograft technique (see text for details). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 1379-1381DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.11.070) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions