title: [Automatic stapling devices in the surgery of the lung and the bronchial tree (author's transl)].
abstract: Until 1969 the bronchial stump was closed by hand with a suture of steel wire; the rate of empyemas reached 4.2%. After using the automatic stapler device TA 30 and TA 55 the postoperative empyema rate, including stump, insufficiencies, decreased to an average of 3%. Since 1972 the stapling devices had been used regularly in lung surgery. The rate of postoperative empyema and stump insufficiency in 378 patients operated 1974-1980 dropped to 1.6%. Technical and surgical failures were the cause for the disasters. For 4 years there has been no stump insufficiency.
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery*; D004653:Empyema / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000295:instrumentation; D013528:Surgical Staplers; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000209:etiology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Klammernahtgeräte an Bronchien und Lunge.