Different reconstructive methods after resection of tumors located in the tracheal carina in three cases

Erdal Okur; Cansel Atinkaya; Volkan Baysungur; Hacer Okur Kuzu; İrfan Yalçınkaya

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.5813

Erdal Okur¹, Cansel Atinkaya², Volkan Baysungur², Hacer Okur Kuzu³, İrfan Yalçınkaya²

¹Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Faculty of Acıbadem University, İstanbul, Turkey
²Departments of Thoracic Surgery, Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
³Departments of Pulmonology, Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.5813

Surgical resection of tumors which are located within or extend into the tracheal carina is challenging. Complete carinal resection can be safely performed, if an appropriate reconstructive method is selected based on the tumor location. In this article, we report three cases in which different carinal reconstruction methods were applied.

Keywords : Carinal resection; carinal tumor; lung cancer

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