Hand-assisted laparoscopic harvesting of an omental pedicle in the treatment of complicated chronic empyema.
We describe a new method for hand-assisted laparoscopic harvesting of an omental pedicle and its use in the treatment of chronic empyema with a bronchopulmonary fistula. This technique may also be appropriate as a less invasive surgical procedure in the treatment of a number of other thoracic infectious conditions.
Eguchi
K
K
Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Kawasaki Municipal Hospital, 12-1 Shinkawa-tori, Kawasaki 210-0013, Japan. egukei@aol.com
Omori
T
T
Sakimoto
T
T
Noga
K
K
Kaseda
S
S
D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000601:surgery*; D005402:Fistula / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D009852:Omentum / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*