Open AccessLeft carinal pneumonectomy through median sternotomy: Surgical experience of two patients
Author(s) -
Pankaj Kumar Garg,
S. H. Chandrashekhara,
Vikas Kumar Keshri,
Durgatosh Pandey
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.168125
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonectomy , median sternotomy , anastomosis , surgery , airway , lung , general surgery
Endobronchial tumors infiltrating the carina is a formidable challenge to surgeons in view of difficult surgical access to the carina, especially on the left side, problems of securing the airway intra-operatively, technically challenging anastomosis due to anatomical location, and high post-operative morbidity and mortality. We present our surgical experience of two cases of left carinal pneumonectomy which was undertaken for resectable primary salivary gland type tumors of lung.