False radiographic appearance of a right bronchial stump following extended right pneumonectomy.

The authors describe three cases in which postoperative frontal chest radiographs following extended right pneumonectomy showed a right hilar lucency producing the false appearance of a residual main bronchus that is shown by additional studies to represent a dilated esophagus.

[Radiologic assessment in lung volume reduction surgery in emphysema].

Aim of this work is to present and discuss the radiologic protocol we have developed for the preoperative assessment of patients with severe pulmonary emphysema candidate to lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS). The operation aims at improving respiratory mechanics and reducing small airway obstruction by removing variable amounts of emphysematous parenchyma. January to September, 1996, twelve patients were submitted to LVRS.

Venous aneurysm of extremities: a case report and literature review.

A case of venous aneurysm of the short saphenous vein is described in a young woman. The aetiology, diagnosis and treatment of this rare anomaly is reviewed.

[Preoperative role of computerized tomography in videothoracoscopic lung surgery].

Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is used in a growing range of pulmonary and mediastinal conditions. By avoiding thoracotomy, VATS is minimally invasive and allows shorter postoperative hospitalization. The advantages of video-assisted thoracoscopic techniques are obvious in the patients with severe cardiorespiratory failure.