bronchial stump insufficiency

Complex

surgical management of main bronchus stump failure: a case report highlighting treatment challenges and successful outcome: Figure 5 MSCT scan of the lungs of the patient, 3 months after the pleuropneumonectomy. There is a defect in the area of the tracheal bifurcation, which extends through the entire lumen of the right main bronchus and connects with the residual cavity of empyema around the latissimus dorsi muscle in the right hemithorax. MSCT, multi-slice computed tomography.