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  • Title: [Endoscopic closure of the postoperative bronchopleural fistula].
    Author: Yanagisawa H, Sudo K, Koishizawa T, Hayashi N, Tadokoro M, Kokubo J, Nonaka K, Fujiki T, Ikeda K, Mizuno A.
    Journal: Kyobu Geka; 1992 Oct; 45(11):975-8. PubMed ID: 1331600.
    Abstract:
    A case of successful endoscopic closure of a bronchopleural fistula with fibrin glue was reported. Fifty-eight-year-old man underwent right lower lobectomy for lung carcinoma. On the 21st postoperative day, he suffered from high fever and diagnosed as right side pyothorax. Then tube thoracotomy was done under UCG-guide. As a fistula in the right lower bronchial stump was found tiny by BFS, we tried to close the fistula bronchoscopically with fibrin glue. The fibrin glue was injected into the fistula via the ERCP tube, which was passed through the bronchoscope. This procedure was performed twice for two weeks interval. The fistula was completely closed about a month after the trial. This method is useful to close postoperative small bronchopleural fistula without surgical intervention.
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