Modified Dumon stent for the treatment of a bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy.
We describe the case of a 72-year-old man in whom a bronchopleural fistula developed after induction chemotherapy followed by right pneumonectomy for lung cancer. Resuturing of the right main bronchial stump, endoscopic treatment, and repair using a latissimus dorsi muscle flap were not effective. Consequently we placed a modified Dumon stent in the carina, which effectively closed the stump.
Tayama
Kohsuke
K
Department of Surgery, Sasebo Kyohsai Hospital, Sasebo, Japan. ktayama@kkr.sasebo.nagasaki.jp
Eriguchi
Naofumi
N
Futamata
Yasuhiko
Y
Harada
Hiroshi
H
Yoshida
Atsushi
A
Matsunaga
Akira
A
Mitsuoka
Masahiro
M
D000232:Adenofibroma / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D015607:Stents