Bilateral thoracotomy and the Carlens tube.

Bilateral staged thoracotomy for multiple lung hydatidosis

BACKGROUND Hydatid cyst disease is still a problem in many countries. Surgical removal is currently the generally accepted choice of treatment for lung hydatidosis. However, operating on bilateral widespread lung hydatidosis is still controversial. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the results of surgical treatment in bilateral multiple hydatid disease of the lung. METHODS I...

Effects of increased expiratory pressure on blood gas tensions and pulmonary shunting during thoracotomy with use of the Carlens catheter.

THE ORIGINAL USE Of the Carlens catheter in thoracic surgery was to prevent contamination of healthy lungs with secretions. Today it is widely used also to obtain an optimal operating exposure by excluding the lung in the opened hemithorax from the anaesthetic system3 Extremely low arterial oxygen tensions may occur with this technique because of intentional collapse of the non-dependent lung a...

Bilateral thoracotomy for Hodgkin's disease involving the hilar nodes.

In August, 1967, a 21-year-old girl was admitted to the medical ward with the complaint of a "prickling sensation" in the chest, weakness, and loss in weight of 4 kilograms in the previous three months. A chest x-ray film taken before admission showed bilateral follicular masses in the mediastinun1 ( Fig 1 ) . On physical examination her general condition appeared to be good. The only abnormal ...

FALLOPIAN TUBE BLOCKAGE Fallopian Tube Occlusion, Fallopian Tubal Obstruction, Bilateral Tube Obstruction, Unilateral Tube Obstruction

A case of trans-sternal bilateral thoracotomy for bilateral lung cancer.

Trans-sternal bilateral thoracotomy was performed to resect the right upper lobe and the left S1 + 2 + S3, and to complete lymphadenectomy in a 35-year-old female case of lung cancer in whom multiple lesions were suspected. Trans-sternal bilateral thoracotomy was considered to be useful for one-stage surgery in patients in whom bilateral lung cancer is suspected or confirmed, because it provide...