5-321.41:
Excision and resection in lung and bronchus: Other excision and resection of a bronchus (without resection of the lung parenchyma): Inspection of a bronchial stump insufficiency with plastic cover: With muscle transposition
You have had another operation on your bronchi.
Air is breathed in via the mouth or nose. From there the air goes to the windpipe via the larynx. At the end of the windpipe are two bronchial tubes (or bronchi) branching away from it. The bronchial tubes run into the lungs. What is more, the bronchial tubes divide into even smaller branches. The larynx, windpipe, bronchia and lungs are part of the lower airways.
Previous surgery involved removing some of your lung tissue. This involved sewing up one bronchus. The stitching has begun to leak in one place. This is why you had another operation. This new operation covered the leak in your bronchus using a muscle from somewhere else in your body.
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- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
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