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Cartilage Folding Method for Main Bronchial Stapling

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1 Cartilage Folding Method for Main Bronchial Stapling
Teruhiro Aoki, MD, Yuichi Ozeki, MD, Masazumi Watanabe, MD, Susumu Tanaka, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 65, Issue 6, Pages (June 1998) DOI: /S (98)

2 Fig 1 Bronchoscopic photograph showing a bronchopleural fistula in a patient who underwent pneumonectomy with the conventional stapling method. Note the two pinhole fistulas in the center of the main bronchus where the membranous portion was stretched. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (98) )

3 Fig 2 Schematic diagram showing the conventional treatment of the stump and our cartilage folding method. In the cartilage folding method, the membranous portion is not stretched. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (98) )

4 Fig 3 Schema of the folding technique. With the fingers of both hands, the surgeon folds both sides of the cartilaginous wall and controls the position of the stapler. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (98) )

5 Fig 4 Bronchoscopic photograph of a patient who underwent pneumonectomy using our stapling method. Note the folded cartilage and the lack of stretch in the membranous portion. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (98) )


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