title: [Clinical experience of omental pedicle flap for bronchopleural fistula].
abstract: We present two patients who underwent the omental pedicle flap method for bronchopleural fistula. The first case was a 61-year-old man who developed empyema with bronchial fistula due to recurrent tuberculosis resisted to chemotherapy. He underwent complete muscle and omental flap closure of empyema space. The second case was a 63-year-old man who underwent pneumonectomy for adenocarcinoma of the lung. About two weeks after the operation, a bronchopleural fistula developed at the bronchial stump. He underwent complete omental flap closure of fistula. They are doing well 18 and 9 months following operation, respectively. The omental pedicle flap method is clinically useful as a closure method for bronchopleural fistula because of excellent blood supply of the omentum.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nogaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuchioka
mesh_terms: D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D005402:Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000601:surgery*; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps