Does pleural bronchial wrapping improve wound healing in right sleeve lobectomy?

• Published in: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 89; no. 5; pp. 665 - 672
• Main Authors: Ishihara, T, Nemoto, E, Kikuchi, K, Kato, R, Kobayashi, K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA AATS/WTSA 01.05.1985; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Bronchial Arteries - surgery; Dogs; Lung - surgery; Medical sciences; Pleura - surgery; Rubber - therapeutic use; Silicones - therapeutic use; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the respiratory system; Surgical Flaps; Wound Healing; Fissipedia; Carnivora; Respiratory disease; Lung; Surgical anastomosis; Bronchus; Right; Wrapped connection; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Dog; Experimental surgery; Lobectomy; Pleura

The effect of bronchial circulation on wound healing at the site of anastomosis after right upper sleeve lobectomy was studied in dogs. In two dogs (Group I), the bronchial arteries were carefully preserved during the sleeve lobectomy. In 16 dogs (Group II), only sleeve lobectomy was performed after...