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Closure of chronic postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula using the transsternal transpericardial approach. 1989

R J Ginsberg, and F G Pearson, and J D Cooper, and E Spratt, and J Deslauriers, and M Goldberg, and R D Henderson, and D Jones
Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Thirteen patients with postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula occurring 4 months to 10 years after the initial operation have been treated with a transsternal transpericardial approach after the associated empyema had been treated by either tube thoracostomy or open-window thoracostomy. In 10 patients, there were contraindications to using an ipsilateral transthoracic approach. In 10 of the 13 patients, the procedure was successful. Three fistulas recurred; two were quite small, one of them closing spontaneously within 6 months. There were no deaths or clinically significant morbidity related to the transsternal approach. We have found this technique to be most applicable in those patients in whom other procedures have failed to resolve the problem. The technique is relatively simple and safe.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008722 Methods A series of steps taken in order to conduct research. Techniques,Methodological Studies,Methodological Study,Procedures,Studies, Methodological,Study, Methodological,Method,Procedure,Technique
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010995 Pleural Diseases Diseases involving the PLEURA. Disease, Pleural,Diseases, Pleural,Pleural Disease
D011013 Pneumonectomy The excision of lung tissue including partial or total lung lobectomy. Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction,Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction,Lung Volume Reduction,Lung Volume Reduction Surgery,Partial Pneumonectomy,Partial Pneumonectomies,Pneumonectomies,Pneumonectomy, Partial,Reduction, Lung Volume,Volume Reduction, Lung
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D001983 Bronchial Fistula An abnormal passage or communication between a bronchus and another part of the body. Bronchial Fistulas,Fistula, Bronchial,Fistulas, Bronchial
D002908 Chronic Disease Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed). For epidemiological studies chronic disease often includes HEART DISEASES; STROKE; CANCER; and diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2). Chronic Condition,Chronic Illness,Chronically Ill,Chronic Conditions,Chronic Diseases,Chronic Illnesses,Condition, Chronic,Disease, Chronic,Illness, Chronic
D005260 Female Females
D005402 Fistula Abnormal communication most commonly seen between two internal organs, or between an internal organ and the surface of the body. Fistulas

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