Volume : VIII, Issue : II, February - 2018

Successful pregnancy outcome following pneumonectomy

Dr Kumkum Gupta, Dr Anjali Jaswat, Dr Bharti Saxena

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Introduction:Relatively few pneumonectomies have been performed in women  of child beå age so pregnancy following pneumonectomy is rare.

Case presentation:A26 year old primigravida came with pregnancy of 1 month 20 days.she has history of ATT twice,then pneumonectomy for recurrent hemoptysis due to fungoma. On examination she was apparently healthy her pulmonary function test were reasonably good.she was followed with regular clinical examination and pulmonary function test.intrapartum period was uneventful . she was delivered by LSCS due to non progress of labour.

Conclusion:once a women has undergone unilateral pneumonectomy for benign disease has reached the stage of apparent cure.pregnancy have no deleterious effect provided her respiratory capacity is reasonably good.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijar  

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Dr Kumkum Gupta, Dr Anjali Jaswat, Dr Bharti Saxena, Successful pregnancy outcome following pneumonectomy, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-2 | February-2018

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