title: Modified Dumon stent for the treatment of a bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Sasebo Kyohsai Hospital, Sasebo, Japan. ktayama@kkr.sasebo.nagasaki.jp
authors.forename: Kohsuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tayama
authors.forename: Naofumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eriguchi
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Futamata
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitsuoka
mesh_terms: 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