COMPLETION PNEUMONECTOMY VIA TRANSSTERNAL-TRANSPERICARDIAL APPROACH IN THE TREATMENT OF BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA AND ABUNDANT HEMORRHAGE AFTER BILOBECTOMY

Alpaslan Çakan^*, Anıl Apaydın^*, Hakan Posacıoğlu^{Ufuk Çağırıcı}

Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göğüs Cerrahisi Ana Bilim Dalı, İzmir
^*Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Ana Bilim Dalı, İzmir

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Bronchopleural fistula after lobectomy is a rare complication and has a significant mortality. Management options include systemic antibiotics, adequate pleural drainage, removal of necrotic tissues and obliteration of residual pleural space. In this case report, the place of transsternal-transpericardial approach, especially in the management of bronchopleural fistulas associated with bleeding from the previous bilobectomy pulmonary arterial stump was evaluated.

Keywords : Bronchopleural fistula, transsternal-transpericardial approach, pneumonectomy, lobectomy

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