A successfully closed postpneumonectomy fistula with an hourglass-shaped stent: one year follow-up

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.4524

Çağatay Tezel, Oral Akın, Cemal Asım Kutlu

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Teaching Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.4524

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Successful management of bronchopleural fistulas (BPF) after pulmonary resection remains a challenge in thoracic surgical practice. Several techniques have been developed for the closure of bronchopleural fistulas after pneumonectomy. In this article, we present a 57-years-old female case of treatment of post-pneumonectomy BPF using a stent supported by polyglactin mesh through open window thoracostomy with the aid of bronchoscopy.

Keywords : Bronchoscopy; complication; fistula; postpneumonectomy; stent

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