End-to-end bronchial anastomosis after accidental division of the stem bronchus.

In recent years reconstitution of bronchial continuity, after simple division or the removal of a circumferential section of the wall, has been the subject of experimental work. On the other hand, clinical observations of bronchial anastomosis in man are still rare. In the course of a difficult resection of the left lower lobe and lingula we accidentally divided the stem bronchus, and acquaintance with results obtained experimentally in animals enabled us to re-establish bronchial continuity and so to conserve the upper lobe.