| Autor: |
Kondo, Ryoichi, Seki, Tatsuyuki, Hanamura, Naoshi, Kobayashi, Masaru, Yamanda, Takeshi, Koike, Shyoichiro |
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Japanese Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery; 2000, Vol. 48 Issue 8, p536-539, 4p |
| Abstrakt: |
We report a case of postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula treated using a gastric seromuscular and omental pedicle flap and maintaining good postoperative respiratory function. A 76-year-old man underwent right pneumonectomy with regional lymph node dissection for squamous cell carcimoma of the lung. Five weeks later, a bronchopleural fistula occured. Empyema with the bronchopleural fistula was diagnosed and chest tube drainage implemented immediately. Despite the drainage, signs of inflammation persisted and the patient's nutrition did not improve leading to surgery, on August 18, 1997. The bronchopleural fistula was closed by horizontal suture proximal to the stapling sutured line. A gastric seromuscular and omental pedicle flap was sutured as a cover over the bronchial stump. Postoperative analysis of respiratory function and arterial blood gas showed good results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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