Bronchial dehiscence in lung transplantation is still a significant and threatening cause ofmorbidity, even if several progresses have been made in this field. In the present report wediscuss a case of incomplete dehiscence of the right bronchial anastomosis in a patient whounderwent sequential double lung transplantation for bronchiectasis. This complication hasbeen successfully treated with endobronchial stent positioning, with the aim to allow thehealing of the anastomosis around a rigid endobronchial support and to prevent the airwaystenosis. The usefulness of 3D spiral CT reconstruction of bronchial tree is also underlined,for its capacity to detect the dehiscence and to monitor the healing of this complication.
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