Adjustments in cardiorespiratory function after pneumonectomy: Results of the pneumonectomy project

Respiratory function after pneumonectomy.

Regional lung function after pneumonectomy.

Hail, D. R. (1974). Thorax, 29, 425-431. Regional lung function after pneumonectomy. Regional lung function was studied with xenon-133 in 10 patients with bronchial carcinoma before and again three to six months after pneumonectomy. It was found that ventilation and perfusion were often considerably reduced in the tumour-bearing lung and that the greater part of the cardiac output had apparentl...

Determination of the Effects of Digoxin on the Right Ventricular Function in Patients Undergoing Pneumonectomy

Introduction: Pneumonectomy is the standard treatment of lung cancer, even though patients should undergo several evaluations before surgery; deterioration of cardiopulmonary function after pulmonary resection is inevitable. We have evaluated the effects of digoxin on the improvement of right ventricular function and prevention of probable complications after lung resection surgery. Materials a...

Dyspnoea after pneumonectomy.

We report the case of a 61 yr old male, who developed a severe right-to-left shunt through a patent foramen ovale, in the absence of elevated right-sided heart pressures, two months after a left-sided pneumonectomy. This is considered to be a rare complication after pneumonectomy. However, taking into account the approximately 20% incidence of patent foramen ovale in the general population, we ...

Surgical results of completion pneumonectomy.

PURPOSE We report our experience with completion pneumonectomy (CP). METHODS We report on operative procedure and morbidity, mortality, and survival rates. RESULTS CP was performed for malignancy in 12 patients and postoperative complications after the first operation in 4 patients. Intrapericardial dissection of vessels was performed in 14 patients (87.5%). Partial vertebrectomy from the s...