The use of a Dumon stent for the treatment of a bronchopleural fistula.
We report the successful management of a bronchopleural fistula with bronchial stent placement combined with irrigation of the empyema cavity. A bronchopleural fistula occurred in a 67-year-old man after a right upper lobectomy for lung cancer. Resuturing of the bronchial stump plus omental wrapping and subsequent closure of the open stump with a pedicled flap of intercostal muscle were not effective. Consequently, we placed a Dumon stent in the right main bronchus to close the stump.
Watanabe
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Second Department of Surgery, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, Japan. shun@khosp2.kufm.kagoshimau.ac.jp
Shimokawa
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Yotsumoto
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Sakasegawa
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K
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000628:therapy*; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000628:therapy; D005402:Fistula / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation