TY - JOUR
T1 - Omentoplasty and Thoracoplasty for treating postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula in a patient previously submitted to aortic prosthesis implantation
AU - Nosotti, Mario
AU - Cioffi, Ugo
AU - De Simone, Matilde
AU - Mendogni, Paolo
AU - Palleschi, Alessandro
AU - Rosso, Lorenzo
AU - Ciulla, Michele M.
AU - Santambrogio, Luigi
PY - 2009/7/24
Y1 - 2009/7/24
N2 - Bronchopleural fistula following pneumonectomy is a serious and frightening complication in chest surgery with a high mortality rate. The possibility of curing this complication using a conservative treatment is extremely poor. Below we describe a case of a patient affected by left pleural empyema due to a postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula. The patient had previously undergone an aortic prosthesis implantation. He was successfully treated using omental pedicle in order to cover the bronchial stump, to fill the pleural space and to protect the aortic prosthesis. He also underwent thoracoplasty to collapse the residual pleural space. The postoperative course was uneventful. During the follow-up, after thirty months, the patient was asymptomatic, and no recurrence of the fistula was present.
AB - Bronchopleural fistula following pneumonectomy is a serious and frightening complication in chest surgery with a high mortality rate. The possibility of curing this complication using a conservative treatment is extremely poor. Below we describe a case of a patient affected by left pleural empyema due to a postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula. The patient had previously undergone an aortic prosthesis implantation. He was successfully treated using omental pedicle in order to cover the bronchial stump, to fill the pleural space and to protect the aortic prosthesis. He also underwent thoracoplasty to collapse the residual pleural space. The postoperative course was uneventful. During the follow-up, after thirty months, the patient was asymptomatic, and no recurrence of the fistula was present.
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U2 - 10.1186/1749-8090-4-38
DO - 10.1186/1749-8090-4-38
M3 - Article
C2 - 19630966
AN - SCOPUS:68849090268
VL - 4
JO - Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
JF - Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
SN - 1749-8090
M1 - 38
ER -