A case of injury to an open ductus botalle during segmental lung resection

Operations on the botalloid duct with its non-closure are now widespread (A. N. Bakulev, E. N. Meshalkin, B. K. Osipov, P. A. Kupriyanov, S. L. Libov, M. I. Perelman, Littman, Crafford, Blelok). However, ligation of the open Botallov's duct during lung resection is a rare surgical intervention. We have come across a description of such operations in the literature available to us only twice. So, in 1955, S. L. Libov and K. F. Shiryaeva demonstrated a 6-year-old girl who underwent ligation of the Botallov's duct and removal of the lower lobe and reed segment of the left lung for bronchiectasis. In the same year, V. S. Shapkin successfully performed a pneumoectomy on a 27-year-old man and tied the open Botallus duct, which was not recognized before the operation.