A safe and effective method for an immediate bronchopleural fistula repair.
Minerva Chir
; 62(2): 137-9, 2007 Apr.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17353857
ABSTRACT
Bronchopleural fistula (BPF) is a well recognized and potentially fatal complication of major thoracic surgery and several strategies regarding its prevention and subsequent management have been described. An immediate BPF occurring intraoperatively after bronchial closure is a rare event and is usually treated by bronchial stump reamputation and/or hand-suture reinforcement by mattress suture, or myoplasty. We report a simple and successful technique, using azygous vein flaps, to repair an intraoperative BPF associated to a small bronchial dehiscence occurred after a right pneumonectomy in a 70-year-old diabetic man receiving induction chemotherapy treatment.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças Pleurais
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Pneumonectomia
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Complicações Pós-Operatórias
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Fístula Brônquica
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Cotos de Amputação
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Minerva Chir
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália