Management of refractory postpneumonectomy empyema with bronchopleural fistula

Management of refractory postpneumonectomy empyema with bronchopleural fistula

A 39-year-old female has postoperative empyema with bronchial stump fistula (BSF) after pneumonectomy due to ineffective tuberculosis chemotherapy. Transpleural reamputation of the right main bronchial stump with simultaneous 8-rib thoracoplasty, 6 attempts at endobronchial valve implantation and th...

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Main Authors: Oleg Shamilevich Kesaev, Dmitry Borisovich Giller, Sergey Sergeevich Saenko, Elham Pahlevani, Lyudmila Petrovna Severova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-01-01
Series:Annals of Thoracic Medicine
Subjects:
bronchial stump fistula
empyema
pneumonectomy
tuberculosis
Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/atm.atm_93_24
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