Tracheobronchoplasty for resection of lung cancer arising from a tracheal bronchus Masaaki Sato, MD, Seiki Hasegawa, MD, PhD, Tsuyoshi Shoji, MD, Hiromi Wada, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 73, Issue 1, Pages 310-312 (January 2002) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02714-X
Fig 1 Chest CT demonstrated ectopic opening of the right upper lobe bronchus from the trachea: tracheal bronchus. Atelectasis of the right upper lobe due to tumor arising from the tracheal bronchus is also noted. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2002 73, 310-312DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02714-X)
Fig 2 (A) Removal of the tracheal bronchus with wedge-like resection of the trachea. (B) Reconstruction of the carina using tracheobronchial end-to-side anastomosis. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2002 73, 310-312DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02714-X)