title: [Bronchial stump insufficiency: treatment and results].
abstract: A bronchopleural fistula following lung resection is a dangerous complication. Records from 25 patients with a bronchopleural fistula were followed up in order to propose a therapeutic concept. An early onset of fistula should be treated as an emergency. Late fistulas can be reoperated electively because they are most often rather small and the patients are in a better condition. The suture of the stump alone was successful in only 3 out of 13 cases. Patients with fistulas following lobectomy were reoperated by pneumonectomy with good results. In fistulas due to pneumonectomy the results of either an isolated muscle-flap or a thoracoplasty were disappointing. Instead, a closure of the stump was accomplished by the combination of thoracoplasty and muscle-flap in 3 out of 4 patients. However, 2 patients with an early fistula after pneumonectomy died from septic complications after the fistulas had already been managed. Endoscopic maneuvers like gluing and insertion of spongiosa did not show any success unless combined with operative measures but rather delayed the onset of re-intervention.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklink, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dienemann
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liewald
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mewes
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sunder-Plassmann
mesh_terms: D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005402:Fistula / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques
vernacular_title: Die Bronchusstumpfinsuffizienz: Behandlung und Ergebnisse.