title: Treatment of bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy by using an omental pedicle.
abstract: Dehiscence of the bronchial stump, particularly following pneumonectomy, is one of the most serious complications in lung surgery. Various approaches to this problem have been tried. Two patients with postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula were treated successfully by using a pedicle of the greater omentum.
authors.affiliation: Departement für Thoraxchirurgie, Regionalkrankenhaus Bozen, Bolzano, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martini
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Widmann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Perkmann
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Steger
mesh_terms: D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*