Modified Dumon stent for the treatment of a bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe the case of a 72-year-old man in whom a bronchopleural fistula developed after induction chemotherapy followed by right pneumonectomy for lung cancer. Resuturing of the right main bronchial stump, endoscopic treatment, and repair using a latissimus dorsi muscle flap were not effective. Consequently we placed a modified Dumon stent in the carina, which effectively closed the stump.
Medical subject headings
- Bronchial Fistula
- Fistula
- Pleural Diseases
- Pneumonectomy
- Stents