bronchoplasty

My provider performed surgery on a patient. She had bronchoscopy, VATs, Robotic assisted Rt lower lobectomy, and lymphadenectomy. But, prior to closing, "a tear was encountered in the right upper lobe bronchus necessitating bronchoplasty repair" The operative report says that he decided to convert to an open procedure, he "undocked the robot and performed a small posterolateral thoracotomy preserving the serratus anterior muscle and cutting a very atrophic latissimus dorsi...

bronchoplasty