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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 56, 323-327, Copyright © 1993 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Expandable prosthesis in right postpneumonectomy syndrome in childhood and adolescence

G Audry, P Balquet, MP Vazquez, ES Dejerine, A Baculard, M Boule, A Grimfeld and M Gruner
Service de Chirurgie Viscerale Infantile, Hopital Armand Trousseau, Paris, France.

Right pneumonectomy can lead to severe respiratory impairment due to stenosis of the left main bronchus. This syndrome is usually treated by inserting a fixed-volume prosthesis but, in children, expandable prostheses have the advantage of being adaptable to growth and permit progressive recentering of the mediastinum. We report 3 such cases, with the results of pulmonary function tests. The patients were aged 11, 17, and 22 years at the time of implantation and had undergone pneumonectomy during childhood for either bronchiectasis or complete pulmonary sequestration. All 3 patients are doing well, with a follow- up of 1 to 3 1/2 years. Pulmonary function tests have shown a substantial improvement in the obstructive syndrome in 2 patients whereas, in the third patient, in whom the contralateral lung was not perfectly healthy, the functional improvement was only moderate.

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