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  • Title: [The transsternal and transpericardial approach for surgical treatment of fistulas of the main bronchus after pneumonectomy (author's transl)].
    Author: Maassen W.
    Journal: Thoraxchir Vask Chir; 1975 Jun; 23(3):257-61. PubMed ID: 1080601.
    Abstract:
    The management of bronchopleural fistula after lung resection is discussed. The transsternal and transpericardial approach for surgical treatment of fistulas of the main bronchus after pneumonectomy is described. In 4 cases of 2000 lung resections occurred a bronchopleural fistula after right pneumonectomy. In all cases the fistula was closed definitive. In one case developed a fistula between the pleural space and the oesophagus after operation.
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