[Post-pneumonectomy bronchial fistula. Treatment by resection of the carina].
A technique for the surgical treatment of bronchial fistulae developed after pneumonectomy is presented. This technique, which resembles that of Abruzzini, consists of resection of the carina followed by tracheo-bronchial suture in a healthy area away from any purulent focus of infection. It is easy to perform and facilitates the treatment of thoracic empyema which is no longer maintained by the fistula.
Christides
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Service de Chirurgie thoracique et cardiovasculaire, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges.
Laskar
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Serhal
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C
Gandara
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F
Amat
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P
D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004653:Empyema / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013905:Thoracoplasty; D013907:Thoracostomy; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*
Fistules bronchiques post-pneumonectomie. Traitement par résection de carène.