LUNG RESECTION WITH TEMPORARY VASCULAR AND BRONCHIAL OCCLUSION

Experimental lung resection during vascular and bronchial occlusion.

Vascular occlusion techniques during liver resection.

Control of bleeding from the transected liver basically consists of vascular inflow occlusion and control of hepatic venous backflow from the caval vein. Central venous pressure determines the pressure in the hepatic veins and is an extremely important factor in controlling blood loss through venous backflow. Vascular inflow occlusion (Pringle maneuver) involves clamping of the portal vein and ...

Survival after lung resection for bronchial carcinoma.

There are many reports of the experience of groups of patients with a bronchial carcinoma treated by lung resection. In this coun'try, for instance, there are series recorded by Sellors, Cruickshank, and Billimoria (1947), Brock (1948), Mason (1949), Taylor and Waterhouse (1950), Price Thomas (1952), and Sellors (1955). But gross yearly survival rates may be a poor guide to prognosis in the ind...

Temporary tracheal occlusion in fetal sheep with lung hypoplasia does not improve postnatal lung function.

Prolonged fetal tracheal occlusion (TO) accelerates lung growth but leads to loss of alveolar epithelial type II (AE2) cells. In contrast, temporary TO leads to recovery of AE2 cells and their ability to produce surfactant. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of temporary TO in fetal sheep with lung hypoplasia on postnatal lung function, structure, and surfactant protein mRNA exp...

Bronchial vascular contribution to lung lymph flow.

The lymphatic vessels of the lung provide an important route for clearance of interstitial edema fluid filtered from pulmonary blood vessels. However, the importance of lung lymphatics for the removal of airway liquid filtered from the systemic circulation of the lung has not been demonstrated. We studied the contribution of the bronchial vasculature to lung lymph flow in anesthetized, ventilat...