Endobronchial closure of postoperative bronchopleural fistula using vascular occluding coils and n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate.

Hirata, Toshiki; Ogawa, Eiji; Takenaka, Kazumasa; Uwokawa, Ryosuke; Fujisawa, Ichiro · Ann Thorac Surg · 2002

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report herein 2 patients with intractable postoperative bronchopleural fistula with empyema after lobectomy or subsegmentectomy. The patients underwent several treatments including thoracotomy, but the fistula closure was not successful. Finally, the bronchopleural fistula was successfully treated by endobronchial closure using vascular occluding coils and n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (Histoacryl).

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