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Severe Bronchomalacia Treated by Combination of Nuss Procedure and Aortopexy: An Unusual Therapy Combination  Simone Speggiorin, MD, Iryna Atamanyuk,

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1 Severe Bronchomalacia Treated by Combination of Nuss Procedure and Aortopexy: An Unusual Therapy Combination  Simone Speggiorin, MD, Iryna Atamanyuk, MD, Colin Wallis, MD, Derek J. Roebuck, MD, MRCPCH, Clare A. McLaren, MD, Clair Noctor, RN, Martin J. Elliott, MD, FRCS  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 91, Issue 1, Pages e8-e9 (January 2011) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 (A) A preoperative chest computed tomography scan shows the origin of the left main bronchus between the origin of the right pulmonary artery (^) and the descending aorta (*). (B) A postoperative computed tomography scan shows the origin of the left main bronchus is no longer compressed between the right pulmonary artery (^) and the descending aorta (*). (AAo = ascending aorta.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , e8-e9DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Significant improvement was shown in ventilation of the left lung between the (A) preoperative and (B) postoperative V/Q scans. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , e8-e9DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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