General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
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Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Mar 2015
Case ReportsPartial lung resection of supernumerary tracheal bronchus combined with pulmonary artery sling in an adult: report of a case.
An adult case of pulmonary resection for repeated infections in a supernumerary tracheal bronchus combined with a pulmonary artery sling is reported. A 33-year-old woman with a pulmonary artery sling was referred for recurrent lung infections. ⋯ Partial pulmonary resection was performed with an ultrasonically activated scalpel after the tracheal bronchus was auto-sutured. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful, and she is now in good condition.