Pneumothorax after pneumonectomy: surgery with successful double lobe ventilation.

ABSTRACT

Contralateral pneumothorax is potentially lethal in patients who have undergone pneumonectomy. There are few reports about the diagnosis and treatment of this situation. This is a report of our experience with selective lobar ventilation of the middle and lower lobes using a guidewire and a bronchial blocker in the right upper bronchus of a patient who had previously undergone left pneumonectomy.