Successful Treatment of Bronchial Dehiscence With Endobronchial Stent in Lung Transplantation | Zendy

Giorgio Maria Ferraroli | Zendy; M. Ravini | Zendy; Massimo Torre | Zendy; Luca Valvassori | Zendy; Pier Angelo Belloni | Zendy

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Successful Treatment of Bronchial Dehiscence With Endobronchial Stent in Lung Transplantation

Author(s) -

Giorgio Maria Ferraroli,

M. Ravini,

Massimo Torre,

Luca Valvassori,

Pier Angelo Belloni

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 1029-0516

pISSN - 1026-714X

DOI - 10.1155/dte.6.183

Subject(s) - medicine , dehiscence , bronchiectasis , lung transplantation , anastomosis , complication , surgery , stenosis , bronchoscopy , airway , stent , bronchus , lung , transplantation , radiology , respiratory disease

Bronchial dehiscence in lung transplantation is still a significant and threatening cause of morbidity, even if several progresses have been made in this field. In the present report we discuss a case of incomplete dehiscence of the right bronchial anastomosis in a patient who underwent sequential double lung transplantation for bronchiectasis. This complication has been successfully treated with endobronchial stent positioning, with the aim to allow the healing of the anastomosis around a rigid endobronchial support and to prevent the airway stenosis. The usefulness of 3D spiral CT reconstruction of bronchial tree is also underlined, for its capacity to detect the dehiscence and to monitor the healing of this complication.

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