The intriguing case of an endobronchial valve migration

Published: Feb. 1, 2023, 11 a.m.

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Lung surgery, like every other type of surgery, can have complications that sometimes require further procedures to be dealt with. Surgeons are always looking for new ways to keep these procedures as minimally invasive as possible, but they also have to ensure these are effective and safe.

Consultant surgeon Mr David Waller\\xa0 and his surgical trainee Miss Michelle Lee at the Department of Thoracic Surgery in St Bartholomew\\u2019s Hospital, London, routinely deal with complex cases of lung surgery. They have recently shared an unusual case of foreign body migration of an endobronchial valve implanted\\xa0 in one of\\xa0 their patients.

Read some of their latest work here:\\xa0 https://doi.org/10.1177/20542704221074148

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