Endobronchial valve and vacuum-assisted closure treatment for a complicated air leak problem after cardiac surgery

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2016.12211

Berker Özkan, Murat Kapdağlı, Salih Duman, Adalet Demir, Alper Toker

Department of Thoracic Surgery, İstanbul University, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2016.12211

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In this article, we report a 57-year-old male patient who developed mediastinitis due to massive air leak after coronary bypass surgery and deteriorated with endobronchial valve application. The patient underwent a long and complicated treatment process with open drainage and vacuum-assisted closure applications and recovered. Although endobronchial valve applications are efficient in the treatment of prolonged air leak, we recommend considering open drainage and vacuum-assisted closure if infectious complications occur.

Keywords : Mediastinal infection; pleural air leak; surgery complications

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