Structural and functional alterations of the tracheobronchial tree after left upper pulmonary lobectomy for lung cancer

Structural and functional alterations of the tracheobronchial tree after left upper pulmonary lobectomy for lung cancer

Abstract Background Pulmonary lobectomy has been a well-established curative treatment method for localized lung cancer. After left upper pulmonary lobectomy, the upward displacement of remaining lower lobe causes the distortion or kink of bronchus, which is associated with intractable cough and bre...

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Main Authors: Qingtao Gu, Shouliang Qi, Yong Yue, Jing Shen, Baihua Zhang, Wei Sun, Wei Qian, Mohammad Saidul Islam, Suvash C. Saha, Jianlin Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
Subjects:
Pulmonary lobectomy
Lung cancer
Tracheobronchial tree
CT
Computational fluid dynamics
Bronchial distortion
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12938-019-0722-6

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