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Primary Repair of an Iatrogenic Bronchial Rupture Under Video Mediastinoscopy  Young-Du Kim, MD, Chan-Beom Park, MD, PhD, Jae-Jun Kim, MD, Chi-Kyung Kim,

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1 Primary Repair of an Iatrogenic Bronchial Rupture Under Video Mediastinoscopy 
Young-Du Kim, MD, Chan-Beom Park, MD, PhD, Jae-Jun Kim, MD, Chi-Kyung Kim, MD, PhD, Seok-Whan Moon, MD, PhD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 87, Issue 6, Pages e51-e53 (June 2009) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 The (A) preoperative and (B) 1-month postoperative computed tomographic scans demonstrate the enlarged lymph node (arrowhead) in the right lower paratracheal area and bronchial breaking (arrow) after the repair. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , e51-e53DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 The mediastinoscopic view shows the rupture of (A) the right main bronchus and (B) after repairing the bronchial defect, which was primarily done under video mediastinoscopy. (C = carina; R = right main bronchus.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , e51-e53DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

4 Fig 3 Schematic view of the extracorporeal knot tying with the aid of a homemade knot pusher. Note the suture needle, which was reformed into the shape of a hockey stick to facilitate its introduction through the instrument channel of the video mediastinoscope together with the endoscopic needle holder. Inset: Cross-sectional view of the head of the knot pusher. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , e51-e53DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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